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Hi,

 I would like to know how i can go about compiling from source. 

When you download the source code, you will see a \src folder. There you'll find a couple of batch files, the one you are looking for is called debugbuild.bat.

Chris

Thanks for replying.

I get an error msg when i run debugbuild.bat. I downloaded the latest file using the link on the download page.

This is what's in the bat file 

%windir%\microsoft.net\framework\v3.5\msbuild SharpDevelop.sln "/p:BooBinPath=%CD%\AddIns\BackendBindings\Boo\RequiredLibraries" "/p:FSharpBuildTasksPath=%CD%\AddIns\BackendBindings\FSharp\RequiredLibraries"
@IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 PAUSE

i get this error. 

Build started 04/09/2008 12:04:44 AM.
Project "C:\Users\Fatima\Downloads\sd\src\SharpDevelop.sln" on node 0 (default targets).
C:\Users\Fatima\Downloads\sd\src\SharpDevelop.sln.cache(730,5): error MSB4126: The specified solution configuration "Debug|MCD" is invalid. Please specify a valid solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. MSBuild.exe Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties blank to use the default solution configuration.
Done Building Project "C:\Users\Fatima\Downloads\sd\src\SharpDevelop.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

"C:\Users\Fatima\Downloads\sd\src\SharpDevelop.sln" (default target) (1) ->
(ValidateSolutionConfiguration target) ->
  C:\Users\Fatima\Downloads\sd\src\SharpDevelop.sln.cache(730,5): error MSB4126: The specified solution configuration "Debug|MCD" is invalid. Please specify a valid solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. MSBuild.exe Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties blank to use the default solution configuration.

    0 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:00.01

 Did you change some environment variable for MSBuild so that the "MCD" platform gets build by default?

SharpDevelop does not have any platform settings except "Any CPU", so pass /p:Platform="Any CPU" to MSBuild.

 I just downloaded the file and then unzipped it. I'm running Vist does that make a difference?

After a quick search on Google, it seems that HP laptops set the Platform environment variable to MCD for some reason. This then gets passed to MSBuild and so SharpDevelop's build fails. The workaround is as Daniel posted, edit the DebugBuild.bat file and add the following to the MSBuild command line:

/p:Platform="Any CPU"

 Okay that worked thanks guys.

What do i do next. Is there some how to on this. Sorry very new to all this