[External] : Re: Missing 'vcruntime.h'

[John Neffenger]

On 8/13/22 7:29 AM, Nir Lisker wrote:
> I figured out that that error (which appeared during compilation of 
> native decora shaders) came from a missing entry in 
> windows.tools.properties:

While working on pull request openjdk/jfx#488, I found the sample 
'windows_tools.properties' file in the Wiki to be unhelpful. You don't 
need it, and it was only a source of additional errors and confusion for 
me. I think we should delete that section from the Wiki.

It was over a year ago when I ran into problems with the Windows build, 
but if I remember correctly, you need to do just the following:

1. Define the environment variables correctly.

2. When encountering errors, delete the entire 'build' directory after 
each run. That will force the build to regenerate the correct 
'windows_tools.properties' file (and not use the old incorrect one).

Step 1 is found below. The very important parts are to (a) include 
'/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32' in your PATH, and (b) define the 
'VS150COMNTOOLS' environment variable:

https://github.com/jgneff/jfxbuild/blob/main/win10/bin/jfxbuild.env

Step 2 is:

$ rm -r build

More details are in the following pull request comment and my response:

https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/488#pullrequestreview-671683654

John