ECL IDE

Building on windows

Prerequisits

• git (optional - needed to clone sources)
• cmake
• Visual Studio 2017 / 2019 / 2022
• NSIS (optional - needed to create install package)

Note: The following instructions assume you are using the git bash terminal. If you are using the cmd terminal, replace rm with del and mkdir with md.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/hpcc-systems/eclide.git eclide
cd eclide
git submodule update --init --recursive

Remove old vcpkg.exe (if it exists)

rm ./vcpkg/vcpkg.exe

Create a build folder (eclide/build)

mkdir build
cd build

Generate Visual Studio Solution

cmake .. -A Win32
...or...
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32
...or...
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A Win32

Build

cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --parallel

Supported Builds

cmake --build . --config Debug --parallel
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --parallel
cmake --build . --config Release --parallel
cmake --build . --config MinSizeRel --parallel

Create Installer

cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --target package --parallel

Digitally signed installer

Code signing requires a sibling sign folder containing the certificate:

• ../sign/hpcc_code_signing.pfx - The code signing certificate
• ../sign/passphrase.txt - The certificate passphrase (optional if provided via CMake)

The installer will be automatically signed during the package build if the passphrase is available.

Alternatively, you can pass the signing passphrase at configure time:

cmake .. -A Win32 -DSIGNING_CERTIFICATE_PASSPHRASE="your_passphrase"

If the passphrase is not provided via the command line, CMake will attempt to read it from ../sign/passphrase.txt.

To sign the package separately after building:

cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --target SIGN --parallel