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               HUB for communications (hub4com)
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PREREQUISITES
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You will need the following to build hub4com from source code:

1.  Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (MSVC).
2.  Microsoft Windows Platform Software Development Kit (SDK).


BUILDING
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Building hub4com with dynamically linking modules
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1.  Start Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 with hub4com.sln file.
2.  Set Active Configuration to hub4com - Win32 Release.
3.  Build solution (hub4com.exe and plugins\*.dll).

    It will create Release\hub4com.exe and Release\plugins\*.dll
    files. On start the hub4com.exe will load all modules from
    plugins subfolder.


Building hub4com with statically linked modules
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1.  Start Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 with static\hub4com-static.vcproj
    file.
2.  Set Active Configuration to hub4com-static - Win32 Release.
3.  Build solution (hub4com.exe).

    It will create static\Release\hub4com.exe file.

BTW: You can replace any statically linked module or add new module by
     placing module's DLL file to plugins subfolder of hub4com.exe
     file's folder.
