Windows

• Prerequisites
  • SDK Prerequisites
• Build C++ SDK
• Build Kaa application

This section describes how to build Kaa C++ SDK for Microsoft Windows.

NOTE: This guide is verified against:

• Host OS: Windows 7, 8, 10
• IDE: MS Visual Studio 2013, 2015

Prerequisites

Prior to building Kaa C++ SDK, install the following components on your machine:

1. Wget and libarchive.

2. Cmake 3.5.1.

   NOTE: Make sure that you choose one Add CMake to system path… for all users or for current user on the Install options step.

3. Python 2.7 32-bit or 64-bit depending on your system architecture.

4. Boost 1.60 32-bit or 64-bit.

5. 7-Zip 32-bit or 64-bit. Add the directory where the 7-Zip is stored to your PATH.

6. Bzip2 1.0.6 32-bit or 64-bit. Unzip downloaded archive, add the directory where the unzipped libbz2.dll is stored to your PATH.

SDK Prerequisites

Download Kaa C++ SDK tar.gz archive from the Administration UI and unpack it. In the example below, it is unpacked to the KAA_BUILD_DIR directory.

You can configure installation by editing the KAA_BUILD_DIR\tools\env.bat file. See table below.

Open the Developer Command Prompt and proceed as follows:

1. Switch to KAA_BUILD_DIR.

   cd KAA_BUILD_DIR
   

2. Build third-party components.

   cd tools
   build_sdk_thirdparty.bat
   

   NOTE: By default, the debug configuration is used. To build release versions, use the release argument:

   build_sdk_thirdparty.bat release
   

Build C++ SDK

To build the Kaa C++ SDK:

1. Open the Developer Command Prompt and run the following commands.

   cd KAA_BUILD_DIR
   tools\env.bat
   avrogen.bat
   mkdir build && cd build
   

2. Build Kaa C++ SDK with nmake.

   cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=%ROOT_PATH% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DKAA_MAX_LOG_LEVEL=3 ..
   nmake
   

3. Generate Visual Studio Project and build it from command line:

• 32-bit
• 64-bit

cmake -G "Visual Studio 14" -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=%ROOT_PATH% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DKAA_MAX_LOG_LEVEL=3 ..
msbuild kaacpp.vcxproj /property:Platform=%BUILD_PLATFORM%

cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 Win64" -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=%ROOT_PATH% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DKAA_MAX_LOG_LEVEL=3 ..
msbuild kaacpp.vcxproj /property:Platform=%BUILD_PLATFORM%

For additional CMake options, see CMakeLists.txt file located in the C++ SDK root.

Build Kaa application

After you installed the required dependencies and built the C++ SDK, you can build and run your Kaa application.

Use the Linux guide to build and run your application.