Building PLC4CPP

On mac and linux machines there should not be a requirement to install any prerequisites. In general the build requires gcc being installed.

On Windows machines, you might need to install it manually. He have tested everything with the bundle of http://win-builds.org/doku.php/download_and_installation_from_windows When running the installer, make sure to select the options:

• Native Windows
• x86_64 Not quite sure which elements are really needed, better just install all of them. Make sure the bin directory containing the executable mingw32-make.exe is on your systems PATH.

Building PLC4CPP in Visual Studio

1. Open Visual Studio (Tested with 2017 and 2019)
2. Open Local Directory
3. Select the plc4cpp subdirectory
4. Wait till the IDE is ready (little icon in the lower left corner)
5. Build everything by selecting the menu Build/Build All (or similar)