How to build from source

[samyarkhafan]

There isn't anything about building from source in the readme file.
Can you provide some help on how can I build this?

[Yutaka-Sawada]

My PAR clients (par1j.exe, par2j.exe, and par2j64.exe) were developed independently from MultiPar GUI at first. They were command-line tools ago. I made GUI front-end later, and published in one package as current MultiPar. There is ReadMe2_English.txt in help folder of MultiPar. It's the ReadMe file for par2j.

I use Visual Studio 2022 for development now. par2j's source code package includes a project file (par2j.vcxproj) for Visual Studio. It includes special required header files for OpenCL, too. I write example of how to complie par2j.

1. You need to install Visual Studio 2022 at first.
   Because I release open source applications, I use Visual Studio Community 2022. Other version may be possible.

2. You must install "Desktop development with C++" for Visual Studio.
   Also, you may need "Windows 10 SDK" or "Windows 11 SDK", though I'm not sure which version is good. I don't use another library. Because I use Japanese edition, I don't know how to do in English. Please learn usage of Visual Studio by yourself.

3. Extract par2j source code package (MultiPar_par2j_###.7z) in a folder.
   Because they refer each other, don't move files or folders from the directory.

4. Start Visual Studio, and open the par2j.vcxproj.
   All used source files and header files will be listed automatically.

5. Set some compiler options for your usage if required.
   64-bit version seems to be made by default.

6. Build par2j from Visual Studio.
   I tested this flow, and I could compile par2j in another folder successfully.

[samyarkhafan]

Thank you for the quick response!
Sorry I didn't notice the vcxproj files I was looking for a txt or something with instructions.
But now I know, thanks.