Choose File -> Open -> Project/Solution. Look in the dbxml-6.0.xx/dbxml/build_windows directory for solution files, select BDBXML_all.sln, and press Open. When given the option to upgrade the solution and projects, choose yes for all.

Choose the project configuration from the drop-down menu on the Visual Studio tool bar.

To build, select Build Solution from the Build drop-down menu. All library files (*.lib) are placed in dbxml-6.0.xx/lib, DLLs and executables are installed in dbxml-6.0.xx/bin or dbxml-6.0.xx/bin/debug depending on the configuration you choose, .jar files are placed in dbxml-6.0.xx/jar, and header (include) files for application development are copied to dbxml-6.0.xx/include.

By default, BDBXML_all.sln builds all third-party libraries, Berkeley DB XML, and Berkeley DB XML C++ examples. The examples are installed in bin{/debug} along with other executables.

Note that Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition does not include an x64 compiler, and other versions of Visual Studio 2008 do not install the x64 compiler and tools by default.