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diff --git a/vsprojects/README.md b/vsprojects/README.md index e6cbf83359..b95b468465 100644 --- a/vsprojects/README.md +++ b/vsprojects/README.md @@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ Individual tests can be run by directly running the executable in `/vsprojects/r For generating service stub code, gRPC relies on plugins for `protoc` (the protocol buffer compiler). The solution `grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` allows you to build Windows .exe binaries of gRPC protoc plugins. -1. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\vsprojects\protobuf.sln` -2. Accept the conversion to newer Visual Studio version and ignore errors about gtest. -3. Build libprotoc in Release mode. -4. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...) +1. Follow instructions in `third_party\protobuf\cmake\README.md` to create Visual Studio 2013 projects for protobuf. +``` +$ cd third_party/protobuf/cmake +$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" +``` + +2. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\cmake\protobuf.sln` and build it in Release mode. That will build libraries `libprotobuf.lib` and `libprotoc.lib` needed for the next step. + +3. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...) |