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Paint.NET Source Code Readme Prerequisites ------------- 1. Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, or newer. 2. Visual Studio .NET 2005 with Service Pack 1 You should install the C++ x64 compiler as well, which may not come installed by default. 3. .NET Framework 2.0 4. Tablet PC SDK v1.7 Download and install this from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b46d4b83-a821-40bc-aa85-c9ee3d6e9699&DisplayLang=en Instructions ------------ 1. Open src/paintdotnet.sln with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005. 2. Make sure the project configuration is set to "Release and Package." This can be done by going to the "Build" menu, selecting "Configuration Manager...", selecting "Release and Package" under "Active Solution Configuration:" and then clicking Close. 3. Go to the "Build" menu and click "Rebuild Solution." 4. Assuming all went well, the output files are now in src/Setup/Release: * PaintDotNet.msi This is the MSI that installs Paint.NET, but you shouldn't launch it directly, otherwise certain MSI properties won't be set up right. * PaintDotNet_M_m.exe The "real" installer, where M is the major version and m is the minor version, i.e. PaintDotNet_2_6.exe Suitable for web-based distribution. This is fairly small and installs just Paint.NET. * PaintDotNet_M_m_Full.exe This is the "full" installer that will install .NET 2.0 if it is not already installed. This file is much larger than PaintDotNetSetup.exe but provides a very convenient all-in-one installation package. For normal development work, use either the 'Release' or 'Debug' configuration. This will skip the process of building all the setup packages, help file, and merge modules. When you are working in this mode, you should make sure that the /skipRepairAttempt command line parameter is present in the Debug tab of the 'paintdotnet' project's properties. Otherwise, Paint.NET will see that some files are missing and attempt to repair itself. Not all of these files are necessary when doing development or debugging. Also, you will need to make sure that mt.exe and signtool.exe are in a directory that is in your PATH. These are available as part of the Windows SDK which can be found at Microsoft's website. Usually it's sufficient to copy these to %SYSTEMROOT%, which is usually C:\Windows. Directory Layout ---------------- src/ The main folder containing all the Paint.NET source code. src/Base This assembly houses base framework-style code. This assembly was introduced because there was code in Core that SystemLayer could not access and thus had to duplicate. src/bin This is where the main Paint.NET executable and DLLs will be placed. When you build PDN, you should be able to run PaintDotNet.exe from this directory. src/BuildTools Some exe's that are used by the build process. src/Data Contains all data-related code, including loading and saving of images. src/Effects Contains the code that is built for the PaintDotNet.Effects.dll. This is the Effects subsystem of Paint.NET that plugins will have to reference. src/GeneratedCode Contains a project with build events that generate code for other projects in the paintdotnet solution. Currently it only generates the user blend ops in the Data project. src/Help Contains all the help files that are compiled into PaintDotNet.chm. src/Interop.WIA Contains the .NET interop DLL for the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Automation Layer. src/Manifests Contains XML manifests that are embedded in some of the EXE's that are built. These are used in Windows Vista to mark the executable as either requiring administrator privilege, or to run with the privilege that the calling process has. The latter is important for the installer so that the executable is not deemed 'legacy', and thus certain compatibility modes are bypassed. src/obj Intermediate files used during compilation go here. src/PdnLib Contains the Paint.NET "library." This is code that is plausibly usable either outside of Paint.NET or required for plugins to link against. src/Resources Contains all the resources for Paint.NET, and some code for managing them. src/Setup Contains a project that is used to build PaintDotNet.msi. Note that the MSI file is not complete until the "Setup-Config" project has finished! src/Setup-Config This is the final stage of the build process. It modifies PaintDotNet.msi using a VBS script so that it defaults to "Install for Everyone" instead of "Install for Just Me." It then packages together PaintDotNet.msi with dotnetfx.exe using NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Installation System). src/SetupFrontEnd Contains our front-end to the setup MSI. This was written so that we can localize (translate) the setup wizard, and also so that the installation options can be preserved when updating or reinstalling. src/SetupNgen This is a program that is run as part of install and uninstall that "pre- JITs" our DLLs, as well as performing a few other tasks. src/SetupShim This is the setup "shim" which determines if .NET is installed and tries to install it if required. If .NET is already installed, it launches SetupFrontEnd. src/SharpZipLib Contains the DLL for #ziplib, by Mike Krueger. src/ShellExtension Contains the code for a Windows Explorer shell extension that displays thumbnails. This is a COM object written in C++. src/Strings Contains the strings.resx for English/neutral locales. src/StylusReader Contains the code for interfacing with the Tablet PC SDK. src/SystemLayer All P/Invoke and "system dependent" code, as well as hacks or workarounds, go in to the SystemLayer assembly. src/WIAAutSDK Contains the WIA 2.0 Automation library. src/WIAProxy32 Contains the code for the WIA proxy executable.