Download and install Microsoft Platform SDK.
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.
Right click the db project and select
properties. On the properties page
select All Configurations from the
Configuration menu in the top left
corner. Enter ws2_32.lib advapi32.lib
for the Additional Dependencies
option of Linker -> Input.
Select the OK button to save the changes.
Select Options... from the Tools
pull-down menu. Choose Projects and Solutions, then
VC++ Directories. Select
Include files from the
Show directories for
menu. Add the complete path to
Microsoft Platform SDK\Include\mfc and
Microsoft Platform SDK\Include to the list of directories. Next select
Library files from the
Show directories for: menu. Add the complete path to
Microsoft Platform SDK\Lib to the list of directories.
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.