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Note: By default, when you install the SDK, Visual Studio opens to let you compile the SDK. We recommend that you use the project files and use the Build, Clean and Rebuild UI actions within the IDE to compile and recompile the SDK. Alternatively, you can compile the SDK from a command line using nmake, as described below.
When compiling the LM-X SDK under Windows, one of the following is required: Visual Studio (Express, Standard, Pro or better) is required.
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Also note Note that if you want to use both MinGW and Visual Studio libraries, you should compile a single LM-X SDK twice: first using nmake to initialize Visual Studio libraries, and then with mingw32-make to initialize MinGW libraries.
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