Windows Build reference is lacking/invalid

[sheinbergon]

This is not the same as #1917

The final steps in the windows build guide are

   git clone git://github.com/zeromq/czmq.git
    cd czmq\builds\msvc
    configure.bat
    cd build
    buildall.bat
    cd ..\..\..\..

However:

• build directory is missing (and has been like this for the past 3 years)
• Trying to build directly via visual studio (retargeting 2015 to newer version) complains about missing libmqz.import.props

Please advise.

[Slesa]

+1
I am trying to compile it with the Visual Studio itself. I am wondering - does this compile at all? Probably everything depends on the generated files (czmq_classes.h?), and if one piece of the puzzle is missing - well, you won't get it to run.
On the other hand, you do not have any chance to get a binary. Looks like I am forced to copy the message handling for REPL/REQ out of the sources and use zmq somehow by hand. Think that's a pity.

[fluffacadabra]

Trying to build directly via VS2017 complains about missing libmqz.import.props here, too. The build.batch script will also not work, as it crashes with

*** ERROR, build tools not found: Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat

which makes sense, because Visual Studio 2017 has a different folder structure ( SO Post )

It seems that its not so easy to retarget CZMQ for VS2017. Not sure how well this works, when you build the library with VS2015 but everything else with VS2017..

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[myd7349]

Hey guys!
I just created a PR to add czmq into vcpkg: microsoft/vcpkg#4979 .
Once merged, Visual Studio 2017 users on Windows may install czmq via vcpkg:

vcpkg install czmq:x64-windows

Related issue: #1780

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