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Josiah Horton edited this page Feb 14, 2017 · 4 revisions

Setting up the Build Environment

This will guide you through setting up the build environment for JumpGo for Windows.

Installing the build tools


* Download **Visual Studio Community** from https://www.visualstudio.com/
* Install with **VB.NET** and **C#** language support
* _(optional)_ _(vs2015)_ Install Visual Studio Installer Projects extension for Visual Studio 2015 from https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioProductTeam.MicrosoftVisualStudio2015InstallerProjects
* _(optional)_ _(vs2017RC)_ Install Visual Studio Installer Projects extension for Visual Studio 2017 RC from here https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioProductTeam.MicrosoftVisualStudio2017InstallerProjects

### Opening the Project
> If you have not [cloned the JumpGo for Windows sources](https://github.com/JTechMe/JumpGo-for-Windows/wiki/Getting-the-sources), please do so before continuing.

>If you are using the Surface Pro 3, 4, Book or other High DPI display please see [this page for instructions](https://github.com/JTechMe/JumpGo-for-Windows/wiki/Graphics-and-Displays#displays-with-high-dpis) on getting the visual designer to render correctly.

After all Visual Studio related installations are complete:
* Run Visual Studio
* Click **File>Open>Project or Solution**
* Navigate to your local clone of JumpGo
* Open `JumpGo Standard Edition.sln`
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