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<chapter id="install-win32">

<title>Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>

built for older versions of <productname>Windows</productname> using

<productname>Cygwin</productname>. Finally, the client access library

(<application>libpq</application>) can be built using

<productname>Visual C++6.0</productname> or

<productname>Visual C++7.1</productname> or

<productname>Borland C++</productname> for compatibility with statically

linked applications built using these tools.

</para>

<productname>Borland C++</productname></title>

<para>

Using <productname>Visual C++6.0-8.0</productname> or

Using <productname>Visual C++7.1-8.0</productname> or

<productname>Borland C++</productname> to build libpq is only recommended

if you need a version with different debug/release flags, or if you need a

static library to link into an application. For normal use the

<para>

To build the <application>libpq</application> client library using

<productname>Visual Studio6.0 or later</productname>, change into the

<productname>Visual Studio7.1 or later</productname>, change into the

<filename>src</filename> directory and type the command

<screen>

<userinput>nmake /f win32.mak</userinput>

<<<<<<< win32.mak

=======

>>>>>>> 1.45

!IF "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT"