[bt-devel] Status of Windows Builds

[Gary Holmlund]

Daniel Owens wrote:
>
> Gary Holmlund wrote:
>>
>> PS. If you got this far through the email and want to try to install 
>> on windows and are willing to do the manual fixes after installing, 
>> read on.
>>
>> 1. Download and install  
>> http://sourcearchives.com/downloads/bibletime-2.3.0-win32.exe
>> 2. Download and unzip http://sourcearchives.com/downloads/fivefiles.zip
>> 3. Copy the five files into c:\Program Files\BibleTime\bin
>> 4. The extra files for c:\Program 
>> Files\BibleTime\bin\plugins\imageformats\ are already there. Don't 
>> worry about them.
>> 5. Using the control panel set QT_PLUGIN_PATH to c:\Program 
>> Files\BibleTime\bin\plugins
>> 6. Using the control panel set SWORD_PATH to c:\Documents and 
>> Settings\<login name>\.sword
>> 7. Make the .sword directory using the Command Prompt window
>> 8. Try BibleTime from the menus
>>
>>
> I scrolled down to this point and followed your directions 1-5. I did 
> #6 according to my own local Sword path (hence 7 was unnecessary). The 
> program opens and discovers locally installed resources, but icons 
> didn't seem to work. I am using a 64-bit Windows Vista system.
>
> Daniel
Daniel,

Are you sure the path on set 5 is correctly set?

Do you know how Xiphos setup the SWORD_PATH for windows. I need to find 
more information about doing it in a Xiphos compatible way.

Gary