How to set up openFrameworks on VS2012?

mizudatsurugi · April 22, 2013, 3:42am

Hey guys, I’m new here and I have no idea how to set up openFrameworks on VS 2012.

All the guides I looked at are specific to earlier versions of Visual Studios and openFrameworks so I’m not sure.

Here are the details:

openFrameworks v0.7.4
Visual Studios 2012 (I’ve never used any version of Visual Studios before)
Windows 8

I followed this guide for setting it up:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/135013120/Intro-To-Open-Frameworks

It wouldn’t build or compile.

Or would it be easier to just use mac instead?

LeoColomb · April 22, 2013, 6:32pm

openFrameworks will be compatible with VS2012 at the 8.0.0 release.
So you should use VS2010 if you want to compile oF 0.7.4.

Gravious · April 27, 2013, 12:26pm

Has there been any discussion on the timeframe for the next build?

Visual Studio 2010 is fine, but i paid for VS2012 and from prior use, i find its enhancements over 2010 to be totally invaluable, it would be a delight to use OF with 2012

LeoColomb · April 27, 2013, 12:55pm

Yes!

Discussions: http://piratepad.net/ofdev-31-march .
If you really want to start now, download a nightly, where VS2012 support is partial http://www.openframeworks.cc/nightlybuilds.html .
If you want to make a contribution, check develop branch on GitHub and see https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks/pull/2001 .

Gravious · April 27, 2013, 3:36pm

Thats great thanks!

i love OF, until i discovered it, i just couldn’t get a handle on my own project (other frameworks try to do too much or too little)

Keep up the good work guys!