Build on Windows with Visual C 2010

Table of Contents Prerequisites Obtaining the source Preparing the build Building Known Problems Plugin status Dev Snapshot

Prerequisites

• MS Visual C++ Express 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express
• MS SDK http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
• OpenSSL Library http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
• cmake http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
• git http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/
• Windows Vista or newer. It does neither build nor run on XP.

There are reports that you need 32 bit OpenSSL even on a 64 bit System, otherwise the build fails. Note that Visual Studio Express only build 32 bit binaries and cannot work with 64 bit dlls at all.

If you like working in a shell, get cygwin. You can also use cygwins git, but NOT the cmake that comes with cygwin

Obtaining the source

git clone git://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP.git

Preparing the build

From the command line, go to the directory where you pulled the sources and type

cmake .

Of course, you can also run cmake-gui that comes with the windows cmake install and point it to your sources. See Build options for a list of options you can specify.

Building

In Visual Studio, open the FreeRDP project map and build it. It should build clean.

Known Problems

• you need --sec tls on the command line, this is true for my linux build, too

Plugin status

• rdpdr disk, printer and smartcard plugin are actively developed and should be available soon (Sept. 2012)
• cliprdr plugin lacks ~1000 lines of source and does not yet work, though it builds clean
• Status of all other plugins is unknown
• For info on how to use the plugins, see http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/xfreerdp.1.html. Note there is one difference: Substitute a ':' in a win path by '+', eg to export the whole of drive c:, say 'disk:MyShare:C+\' . Dont forget the \ or it crashes..

Dev Snapshot

• You can get a Snapshot of the current status here: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4757055/FreeRDP-source.tbz.html . For the plugins, you need http://www.file-upload.net/download-4757059/plugins.tbz.html
• Binaries are also available: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4757061/FreeRDP.zip.html
• Alternative Binaries from Huihong Luo are available here: http://www.vmlite.com/VMLiteRemote.zip This binary supports audio, RemoteFX and clipboard, but not the printer. Merging is in progress, please be patient