The basic steps for building TAO are:

1. Open a Command Prompt (DOS Box).

2. Set the ACE_ROOT environment variable to the path where you unpacked the source kit:

   set ACE_ROOT=C:\ACE_wrappers

3. Let the build process know what version of C++Builder you are using:

   If you are using C++Builder 4:

   set BCBVER=4

   If you are using C++Builder 5 or the Borland C++ 5.5 command line tools:

   set BCBVER=5

4. Change to the TAO source directory:

   cd C:\ACE_wrappers\TAO

5. Set desired build options for the configuration you want.

6. In Windows 9x the mkdir command does not allow you to create a directory tree in a single invocation. This ability is required by the ACE+TAO makefiles. Download this utility and put the .exe on your path (e.g. in C:\Windows). Then type:

   set MKDIR=mkdirtree

   before continuing with the build.

7. Build the core TAO libraries and executables by going:

   make -f Makefile.bor

   Note: On some systems you may get an error from make saying the command-line arguments are too long. If this happens, try using the -l option when you run make.

8. If you like, you can build the TAO examples by going:

   cd examples
   make -f Makefile.bor

9. Install the ACE+TAO header files, libraries and executables for use in your applications. Here we are installing them into C:\ACETAO:

   make -f Makefile.bor -DINSTALL_DIR=C:\ACETAO install

   Please note that this installation step is only for recent ACE+TAO beta kits, not TAO 1.1.

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