[Boost-users] Boost path to use for VC++ 8?

From: Jeff Dunlap (jeff_j_dunlap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-14 22:49:10

Hello, I am new to VC++ (ver 8) and would really like to use Boost!

This is what  I have done:

1) I unzipped the boost download to c:\boost_1_33_1

2) At the command prompt, I executed:
    c:\boost_1_33_1\>bjam "-sTOOLS=VC-8_0" install

bjam ran fine and a new directory was created:

c:\boost\include\boost-1_33_1\boost
c:\boost\lib

I had assumed that using bjam's install parameter would modify whatever the 
path settings for the VC IDE are supposed to be, but that does not appear to 
happen.  There are alot of paths and I want to make sure that I use the right 
one.  What are the paths that I am supposed to include in VC++ when using the 
bjam param 'install' above? 

Secondly, I was thinking that maybe the 'stage' param might be a better bjam 
choice since the boost libraries are built in a common directory, thus making 
it easier to use.  Are there drawbacks to using boost this way?

Thank you very much