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The SWT windows port is based on the Win32 api.
-The natives are compiled via an ant build.xml script with the Microsoft Visual Studio (2017) C++ compiler.
+The natives are compiled via an ant build.xml script with the Microsoft Visual Studio (2019) C++ compiler.
# Development overview
SWT is made up of 2 parts, Java and the natives (written in C).
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ libraries in the binary repository.
* Download & install Java *JDK* (Last tested on JDK9) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
* Download and install Eclipse. Either the "Eclipse IDE for Eclipse Committers" or a recent integration build:
- http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
+ https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
* (Optionally) install CDT from marketplace if you want to work on C/Native parts of SWT.
* (if not already installed) installed EGit integration.
* Open the git perspective. Add the following two repositories, which can be found on: (use git protocol)
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ libraries in the binary repository.
## (Advanced) Building Natives.
### Building just 64bit natives with no Webkit
-(Last Tested on Win10 64 bit & Java 9. March 2018):
+(Last tested on Win10 64 bit & Java 11. May 2019):
You need to install the following on your system:
* Microsoft Visual Studio - Community and Windows 10 SDK: (1*)
- https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15
- (I can't remember which components I installed, I cliked on items that seemed relevant for C/C++ development.
- I also installed the linux, but that might not be needed. My installation was around 20GB).
+ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/
+ Either select the components "MSVC C++-x64/x86-Buildtools" and "Windows 10 SDK"
+ or the workload "Desktop development with C++" which includes the required components and some more.
* (Optional) Install Cygwin
-* Install Java 8 or 9. Oracle JDK or IBM JDK:
+* Install Java 8 or 11. Oracle JDK or IBM JDK:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/java8-2100321.html
https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/downloads/
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ In the binary git repo, in the windows project, you can build the natives via th
* In Eclipse, in the binary project org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86_64, right click on build.xml:
* Run As -> Ant Build ...
-* on the Targets tab check the build_libraries target (it should be the only one check for just the natives).
+* On the Targets tab check the build_libraries target (it should be the only one check for just the natives).
* On the JRE tab select "Run in the same JRE as the workspace"
* On the Refresh tab check "Refresh resources upon completion" to refresh your workspace after running the build; this ensures that Eclipse will pick up the fresh binaries
* Press the "Run" button to begin.

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