Building 1.7.2 SDK for Windows

Compiling or Editing the Panda Source
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I’m trying to build Panda3d 1.7.2 for Windows (because I want to use Python 2.7). I have installed Visual Studio Express 2008 (C++), dxsdk_aug2006.exe, and the Windows Driver SDK (for ATL). However, it seems that build process can’t find ATL or DirectX. I get the following error:

[ 32%] Building C++ object built/tmp/vision_composite1.obj
vision_composite1.cxx
To compile qedit.h you must install the DirectX 9 SDK, to obtain the dxtrans.h header.
c:\users\nakor\documents\projects\panda3d_src\panda3d-1.7.2\panda\src\vision\webcamVideoDS.cxx(76) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'atlbase.h': No such file or directory
Storing dependency cache.

Do I need to pass the installation directory of these items to makepanda somehow? Thanks.

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It requires either a Pro version of Visual Studio, of the 2003R2 version of the PlatformSDK (linked on that manual page). Or, if you don’t need Webcam support, you can specify --no-directcam.

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JFYI:
For months now I’ve been unable to build Panda with directcam, so it seems this is a recurring issue not fixed.

My config is (very standard):

VS2008 pro
Windows SDK 7.1
DirectX SDK (June 2010)

Since I’m not anylonger using directcam I compile with --no-directcam,
but I do think it would be nice to fix this for other community users!

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You could install the 2003R2 SDK, linked on the manual page about compiling with VS2008.

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Well certainly, but let’s be realistic, this SDK (2003R2) dates back to 2006!!!

Version 		                     SDK Version    Build Number 	      Release Date
Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK       v5.2 	5.2.3790.2075.51 	2006-03-14 
.NET Framework 2.0 SDK (VS2005 Pro)   	v6.0   2.0.50727.42 	        2006-11-29
Windows Vista Update & .NET 3.0 SDK   	v6.0 	6.1.6000.16384.10 	2007-03-22
Included in Visual Studio 2008[6] 	    v6.0a 	6.1.6723.1 	        2007-11-19
Windows Server 2008 & .NET 3.5 SDK 	   v6.1 	6.0.6001.18000.367 	2008-02-05
Microsoft SDK for Windows 7 3.5 SP 1 	 v7.0 	6.1.7600.16385 	        2009-07-24
Included in Visual Studio 2010 	      v7.0a 	6.1.7600.16385 	        2010-04-12
Microsoft SDK for Windows 7  	        v7.1 	7.1.7600.0.30514 	2010-05-21

We’re now in fall 2011…

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Then install the non-express version of Visual Studio 2008.

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Personally I’m seeing the issue with the pro version…

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It works fine for me. Perhaps you’re running the express version instead of the pro version?

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Well this is my config:

VS2008 pro !!!
Windows SDK 7.1
DirectX SDK (June 2010)

It tries DX June2010 versus a former one… So this is the difference.

Obviously the makepandacore.py and makepanda.py are modified accordingly!