Re: [Boost-users] Compiling boost for Windows Mobile

From: Anthony P (ntb2go_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-19 22:55:24

Colin Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
> I have some libraries of my own - of course using boost(!) - that I would like
> to use on the Windows Mobile platform.  For those libraries that are non-header
> only, it's not clear to me how to change the platform to compile for.  I'm using
> Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005 and so am hoping it should be possible. 
> (Saying this, I fully understand that there may be libraries that don't work too
> well.)
> 
> I've looked through the boost documentation and searched on the web/discussion
> groups, but can't find anything relevant.  How does one specify the compiler (I
> understand the 'vc-8_0' bit, having used boost for many years) and the platform
> together?
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Colin

I side-stepped trying to understand boost Jam by using www.cmake.org 
CMake can create a Visual Studio project for you, just load the result 
into Visual Studio and hit 'build'

The relevant boost rules ( all build static libraries ) are as follows. 
  You will need to set BOOST to where your boost source tree is and add 
any additional libraries you need

$ more CMakeLists.txt

### boost ###
SET (BOOST boost-cvs/boost)
include_directories (${BOOST})

### boost/regex ###
FILE(GLOB boost_regex_srcs "${BOOST}/libs/regex/src/*.cpp" )
ADD_LIBRARY( boost_regex STATIC ${boost_regex_srcs} )

### boost/thread ###
FILE(GLOB boost_thread_srcs "${BOOST}/libs/thread/src/*.cpp" )
ADD_LIBRARY( boost_threads STATIC ${boost_thread_srcs} )

### boost/signals ###
FILE(GLOB boost_signals_srcs "${BOOST}/libs/signals/src/*.cpp" )
ADD_LIBRARY( boost_signals STATIC ${boost_signals_srcs} )

### boost/date_time ###
FILE(GLOB boost_dt_srcs "${BOOST}/libs/date_time/src/gregorian/*.cpp"
                         "${BOOST}/libs/date_time/src/posix_time/*.cpp"
     )
ADD_LIBRARY( boost_date_time STATIC ${boost_dt_srcs} )

### boost/filesystem ###
FILE(GLOB boost_fs_srcs "${BOOST}/libs/filesystem/src/*.cpp" )
ADD_LIBRARY( boost_filesystem STATIC ${boost_fs_srcs} )

ADD_EXECUTABLE( example ${example_srcs} )
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( example boost_threads )

regards,

Anthony Pfrunder