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Thanks for posting your findings. Hopefully someone familiar with GCC will use your info to provide the missing functions and resolve the remaining errors.

@Chris - Thanks for removing the need for some of the modifications to the source files to be able to compile ok in VC 2005 Express .

I have added a zip file for download in the first post with the modified vcproj and sln files. Replacing these files after downloading the source should allow AutoHotkey to compile ok. If anyone gets a chance to give it a try then please let me know if it works ok.

Added modified project files for version 1.0.47.01.

corrupt-

Thank you for this information and providing the updated files. I successfully compiled version 1.047. I had one error, presumably because I had other older/beta versions of Visual C++ on my system. Here is the error and the solution for any who may need this:
fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation
The problem was corrected when I deleted mspdb80.dll from the Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin directory.

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback .

After referring to this thread for the third or fourth time, I figured it was time to say thanks...

Thanks for this very useful reference, corrupt!

Also, the step:doesn't seem to be necessary. I get this message:as well as a warning:
Regarding UPX - It might be worth mentioning that the post-build event for compressing AutoHotkey.exe is only in the Release configuration. This caused me a bit of confusion...

You're welcome. Thanks for the tips. I'll have a closer look and update the instructions in the first post soon with instructions for the latest version. The instructions posted are for a previous version and could likely use a bit of tweaking.
I'd be glad to add a comment to the first post if you think it would be helpful to someone but I'm not sure I understand what you found confusing regarding UPX. Not requiring UPX in some cases didn't seem worth mentioning since most people are likely to build the release version and would need to either provide UPX (this seems like it would be the most popular choice) or remove the event. Could you please try to clarify?

I built the project, expecting to see the post-build event in the output window. When it didn't appear, I looked in the project config. I didn't find the build event, so thought "doh, guess I must have to add the event myself..." It took me a few minutes to think to check the Release configuration. I barely ever build "Release"; so far I've only been using the debugger to get a better understanding of how AutoHotkey works internally. Nothing major.It's not the requiring upx or not, but whether "Performing Post-Build Event" will appear when you compile Debug.

Dear corrupt,

Thank you very much for the brilliant guide. I followed it, and was able to compile on the first try! May I add two alternative URLs:

From this one you can download the installer for the Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Platform SDK (no web installation necessary): http://asia.cnet.com/downloads/pc/swinf ... 02s,00.htm

As of today, the instructions on how to update corewin_express.vsprops are not available on the link you provided. But I found them here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 7&SiteID=1

Cheers,
Andy

It is better to sit here and look stupid, rather than to open my my mouth and remove all doubt....

So I deleted my stupidity!

this topic is about how to compile the Autohotkey.exe in C++, not how to compile AHK code in C++.

you can disable UPX for your scripts - search the forum.

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thanks alot for this!
just need to learn c++ more then i'll have something to mess around with.

I always thought it would be great if there was a developer's section in the forum. This way developers could focus more on their issues, C/C++, and development of AutoHotkey VERSUS just AutoHotkey the scripting language and user issues.

Anyway, good stuff.

If you're interested in the development of AutoHotkey then it would be handy to post with a registered name...

Is SciTE AHK based?