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This directory contains Microsoft Visual Studio project files for including v8
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in a Visual Studio/Visual C++ Express solution. All these project files have
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been created for use with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. They can however also
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be used in both Visual Studio 2008 and Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. When
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using the project files in the 2008 editions minor upgrades to the files will
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be performed by Visual Studio.
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v8_base.vcproj
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Base V8 library containing all the V8 code but no JavaScript library code. This
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includes third party code for string/number convertions (dtoa).
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v8.vcproj
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V8 library containing all the V8 and JavaScript library code embedded as source
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which is compiled as V8 is running.
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v8_mksnapshot.vcproj
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Executable v8_mksnapshot.exe for building a heap snapshot from a running V8.
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v8_snapshot_cc.vcproj
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Uses v8_mksnapshot.exe to generate snapshot.cc, which is used in
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v8_snapshot.vcproj.
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v8_snapshot.vcproj
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V8 library containing all the V8 and JavaScript library code embedded as a heap
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snapshot instead of source to be compiled as V8 is running. Using this library
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provides significantly faster startup time than v8.vcproj.
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The property sheets common.vsprops, debug.vsprops and release.vsprops contains
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most of the configuration options and are inhireted by the project files
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described above. The location of the output directory used are defined in
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common.vsprops.
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With regard to Platform SDK version V8 has no specific requriments and builds
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with either what is supplied with Visual Studio 2005 or the latest Platform SDK
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from Microsoft.
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When adding these projects to a solution the following dependencies needs to be
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in place:
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  v8.vcproj depends on v8_base.vcproj
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  v8_mksnapshot.vcproj depends on v8.vcproj
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  v8_snapshot_cc.vcproj depends on v8_mksnapshot.vcproj
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  v8_snapshot.vcproj depends on v8_snapshot_cc.vcproj and v8_base.vcproj
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A project which uses V8 should then depend on v8_snapshot.vcproj.
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If V8 without snapshot if preferred only v8_base.vcproj and v8.vcproj are
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required and a project which uses V8 should depend on v8.vcproj.
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Two sample project files are available as well. These are v8_shell_sample.vcproj
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for building the sample in samples\shell.cc and v8_process_sample.vcproj for
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building the sample in samples\process.cc. Add either of these (or both) to a
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solution with v8_base, v8, v8_mksnapshot and v8_snapshot set up as described
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solution with v8_base, v8, v8_mksnapshot and v8_snapshot set up as described
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above and have them depend on v8_snapshot.
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Finally a sample Visual Studio solution file for is provided. This solution file
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includes the two sample projects together with the V8 projects and with the
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dependencies configured as described above.
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Python requirements
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When using the Microsoft Visual Studio project files Python version 2.4 or later
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is required. Make sure that python.exe is on the path before running Visual
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Studio. The use of Python is in the command script js2c.cmd which is used in the
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Custom Build Step for v8natives.js in the v8.vcproj project.