Rebuild Sage.jar (Windows and Linux and probably Mac)

[stuckless]

See the BUILDING file for details on rebuilding the Sage.jar and setting up Eclipse and/or IntelliJ build projects.

The goal would be to extend the cross platform gradle builds, but for now, rebuilding the Sage.jar is just just 2 steps

1. Clone the repo
2. run gradlew.bat sageJar

I think it goes without saying that you also need to have a JDK (not JRE) installed as well.

[tmiranda]

Brilliant. I suspect 99% of development will be done in Sage.jar.

[Fuzzy]

I've noticed, that for peak usability, we need to rebuild the exe's as well. At least in the client exe, it still asks for license keys. They are not required, and you can hit esc 4 times to get by it, but it does appear to need that check removed and recompiled. I have yet to attempt compiling it, as I've got to somehow find a copy of vs 2005.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I've noticed, that for peak usability, we need to rebuild the exe's as well. At least in the client exe, it still asks for license keys. They are not required, and you can hit esc 4 times to get by it, but it does appear to need that check removed and recompiled. I have yet to attempt compiling it, as I've got to somehow find a copy of vs 2005.

Forgive my ignorance, since it's been about 20 years since I've developed on Windows... but isn't Visual Studio a free download?

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/p...xpress-vs.aspx

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I've noticed, that for peak usability, we need to rebuild the exe's as well. At least in the client exe, it still asks for license keys. They are not required, and you can hit esc 4 times to get by it, but it does appear to need that check removed and recompiled. I have yet to attempt compiling it, as I've got to somehow find a copy of vs 2005.

Will the express version of VS 2005 work? I found links to the microsoft ISOs here: http://apdubey.blogspot.com/2009/04/...5-express.html

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by BobPhoenix

Will the express version of VS 2005 work? I found links to the microsoft ISOs here: http://apdubey.blogspot.com/2009/04/...5-express.html

probably.

[Damstas]

Hi. Should I wait for an installer for Windows? I have no coding skills :P

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Damstas

Hi. Should I wait for an installer for Windows? I have no coding skills :P

Probably... it's going to take some time to get everything in order.

[Damstas]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Probably... it's going to take some time to get everything in order.

Ok. Thanks.

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by Damstas

Hi. Should I wait for an installer for Windows? I have no coding skills :P

1) There's really no benefit to V9 yet, it's (from a user perspective) Functionally identical to V7.
1a) Unless you want the YouTube plugin with progressive downloading.

2) You can just install V7 and then swap out the sage jar file.

[rickw]

Eclipse is still a mystery to me, but the gradlew worked like a champ. I'm now the proud owner of a shiny new Sage.jar.

Thanks,
Rick...

[harrijay]

Don't actually need Visual studio to build the solution. the commands can be sent to msbuild, which comes installed with .net by default. I will take a look at modifying the files and coming up with the command line to build without VS.

Jayson

[harrijay]

Would it be better if I upgraded the projects and solutions to a new version of Visual studio? I have all versions at my disposal at work :-) 2003-2013

@Narflex
There are some projects that are missing in the SageWorspace solution, EVRPresenter, MPEG2Dump, MpegAudioEncLayer2, MpegMux, and MusicVisFilter, I am assuming this was intentional, and can be removed from the solution, but just wanted to make sure.

Thanks,
Jayson

[stanger89]

I would think EVRPresenter would be important since V7 could render to EVR.

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by harrijay

Don't actually need Visual studio to build the solution. the commands can be sent to msbuild, which comes installed with .net by default. I will take a look at modifying the files and coming up with the command line to build without VS.

Jayson

You're right, you don't need Visual Studio to build the solution, but you need the MS C/C++ compiler that comes with VS in order to build the DirectShow filters for instance.

Eddy

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by harrijay

Would it be better if I upgraded the projects and solutions to a new version of Visual studio? I have all versions at my disposal at work :-) 2003-2013

I'll vote MSVC2010 as this is the version I'm using to build the DVBDCC.ax filter

Eddy

[moothekow]

Originally Posted by harrijay

Would it be better if I upgraded the projects and solutions to a new version of Visual studio? I have all versions at my disposal at work :-) 2003-2013

@Narflex
There are some projects that are missing in the SageWorspace solution, EVRPresenter, MPEG2Dump, MpegAudioEncLayer2, MpegMux, and MusicVisFilter, I am assuming this was intentional, and can be removed from the solution, but just wanted to make sure.

Thanks,
Jayson

My vote is for VS2012 -- http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/downl....aspx?id=34673

I have a normally licensed version of 2012 - but seems like the express edition would work for these purposes?

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by harrijay

Would it be better if I upgraded the projects and solutions to a new version of Visual studio? I have all versions at my disposal at work :-) 2003-2013

@Narflex
There are some projects that are missing in the SageWorspace solution, EVRPresenter, MPEG2Dump, MpegAudioEncLayer2, MpegMux, and MusicVisFilter, I am assuming this was intentional, and can be removed from the solution, but just wanted to make sure.

Thanks,
Jayson

In reality, I'm thinking since all the launcher really does is that, launch the jvm, that it might not be that difficult to essentially write a replacement in .net, or any other more modern language. Would likely be far more maintainable.

[Taddeusz]

The community editions are pretty full featured. I think they include pretty much everything except maybe features that are available in the Ultimate releases.

I think it's interesting that Microsoft has now made the Windows development tools free. I think it shows a change in mindset that getting software built for Windows is a larger priority than selling the tools. The tools are just a means to an end rather than a means unto themselves.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

The community editions are pretty full featured. I think they include pretty much everything except maybe features that are available in the Ultimate releases.

I think it's interesting that Microsoft has now made the Windows development tools free. I think it shows a change in mindset that getting software built for Windows is a larger priority than selling the tools. The tools are just a means to an end rather than a means unto themselves.

I think the major differences between the community and commercial editions is in the license to sell the work.