===== Compiling synergy for Windows 64-bit =====

This procedure is kind of complicated, but it gets it done with free tools (and a few downloaded add-ons).

==== Prerequisites ====

Install everything that the [[https://github.com/synergy/synergy/wiki/Compiling|Synergy Wiki]] recommends. I do this in a special VM just for this, because some of these tools are really old and I don't like keeping them installed.

    * CMake 3.3.1
    * Python 2.7.10
    * Qt SDK 2010.02
    * Wix 3.9
    * Bonjour SDK for Windows 3.0
    * Make sure CMake and Python are added to your PATH.

We're doing a 64-bit build, and the Synergy Wiki recommends VS 2005 or 2008, but I will explain how to get this done for free with Visual C++ 2010 Express. Install the following (in order, as recommended [[http://forum.celestialmatters.org/viewtopic.php?t=404|here]]):

    * [[http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/D/9/1D9A6C0E-FC89-43EE-9658-B9F0E3A76983/vc_web.exe|Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition]]
    *  [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6b6c21d2-2006-4afa-9702-529fa782d63b&displaylang=en|Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4]]
      * This will not install in Windows 10 without hackery. [[http://stackoverflow.com/a/32322920/2994584|See this workaround]].
    * [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=75568aa6-8107-475d-948a-ef22627e57a5|Visual Studio 2010 SP1]]
    * [[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=689655B4-C55D-4F9B-9665-2C547E637B70&displaylang=en|Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1]]

==== A few extras not included with Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition ====

Grab a few extras normally included with the full Visual Studio 2010 but not with Express (search for them if you can't find them…)

    *  [[https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=246256#c17|vcvars64.bat for Visual Studio 2010]]
      * Install this in ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\amd64''
    * Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x64.msm for Visual Studio 2010  \\ %%*%% Install this in ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Merge Modules''

==== Do the build ====

    * Start a Command Prompt, go into the synergy source directory.
    * Add Qt to the PATH:
      * ''set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Qt\2010.02\qt\bin;C:\Qt\2010.02\bin;C:\Qt\2010.02\mingw\bin''
    * Figure out the correct generator:
      * ''hm genlist''
    * Use the generator for Visual Studio 10 Win64 (2 as of this writing):
      * ''hm conf -g2''
    * Build it:
      * ''hm build''
    * Fix something in the installer:
      * In ext/toolchain/commands1.py, edit getVersionForFilename to return a string e.g. "v1.7.4-stable" instead of trying to run git.
    * Build the installer:
      * ''hm package win''