This program requires several components to build, some of which may not be open source
or which are restricted in their use or redistribution. These include:

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1 - Visual C++ 2008 (or later)

The express (free) edition of VC++2008 (or later) is available from:

	http://www.microsoft.com/Express/vc/

For maximum comptability however, the 2008 version of VC++ is recommended.

Other compilers are of course possible but extra work will have to be done in order 
to setup the code under different environments.

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2 - Microsoft Windows SDK

This may already be included with your compiler or enviroment. However if it is not 
the platform SDK can be downloaded from: (SDK for Windows Server 2008)

	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6e1c3df-a74f-4207-8586-711ebe331cdc&displaylang=en

Newer versions of the SDK should also work with the project. Older versions than 2008 
should also work provided that they support Windows XP.

In order to get the SDK properly you must also point the Visual Studio IDE to include 
the SDK library and include folders by default in all subsequent projects.

In Visual C++ 2008 you can see the default include and library folders under:

	Tools->Options->Projects And Solutions->VC++ Directories.

	Add the appropriate include and library folders to the list of directories if 
	not already present. E.G:

	"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Include" for Windows SDK include files 
	
	and

	"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Lib" for Windows SDK library files 

