For convenience, the Windows version of the SDK comes with precompiled third-party libraries. The following pages describe how to compile these components from source, e.g. if you want a newer version or cross compile the SDK.

All third-party components you compile with Visual Studio have to be copied to the SDK’s folder structure.

Let’s assume you have compiled OpenSSL for Visual Studio 2008 with service pack 1 on 32 bit Windows. Then you have to create a folder named “vs2008sp1” inside the third-party folder of the SDK, similar to the already existing one containing the precompiled libraries delivered with the SDK, i.e. the new libraries have to be copied to

<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win32\vs2008sp1\openssl

This works similarly for other Visual Studio Versions. Here are some more examples:

<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win32\vs2008sp1\…
<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win32\vs2005sp1\…
<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win32\vs2008sp1\…
<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win64\vs2008sp1\…
<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\win64\vs2010sp1\…
<SDK_INSTALL_DIR>\third-party\wince\vs2008sp1\…

Please see the pages below for instructions about how to compile third-party components.