README_Windows.md

Ring Programming Language

Building using Microsoft Windows

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Complete Build (Compiler/VM, Extensions, Tools, etc.)

Install Qt 5.15.16 (in C:\Qt) so we have the folder (C:\Qt\5.15.16)

If you have another version from Qt 5.15 (like Qt 5.15.2) - Or Qt is installed in another folder

The next batch files uses environment variables (RING_QT_DIR & RING_QT_VERSION) to set the path

To build 32bit version:

ring/build/buildvc.bat

To build 64bit version:

ring/build/buildvc_x64.bat

Add ring/bin folder to your system path

Run Ring Notepad

ringpm run ringnotepad

Custom Build

64bit version

The next steps demonstrates how to build the 32bit version

To build the 64bit version add _x64 to the batch file name (i.e. use buildvc_x64.bat instead of buildvc.bat) Also, use ring/bin/install_x64.bat instead of ring/bin/install.bat

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/language/build
buildvc.bat
buildvcw.bat

Build Ring2EXE

cd ring/tools/ring2exe
build.bat 

Generate RingConsoleColors Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringconsolecolors
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Build RingInternet

cd ring/extensions/ringinternet
buildvc.bat

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringcurl
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringzip
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Build RingPM

cd ring/tools/ringpm
build.bat 

Build RingREPL

cd ring/tools/ringrepl
build.bat 

Build Folder2QRC

cd ring/tools/folder2qrc
build.bat 

Build RingODBC

cd ring/extensions/ringodbc
buildvc.bat

Build RingMySQL

cd ring/extensions/ringmysql
buildvc.bat

Build RingSQLite

cd ring/extensions/ringsqlite
buildvc.bat

Build RingPostgreSQL

cd ring/extensions/ringpostgresql
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Build RingOpenSSL

cd ring/extensions/ringopenssl
buildvc.bat

Build RingMurmurHash

cd ring/extensions/ringmurmurhash
buildvc.bat

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringallegro
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingLibuv Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringlibuv
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ring/extensions/ringfreeglut
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6

cd ring/extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

Tested using Qt 5.15

Install Qt 5.15
cd ring/extensions/ringqt
gencode_light.bat
buildvc_light.bat
gencode_nobluetooth.bat
buildvc_nobluetooth.bat

To Copy the Qt runtime files to ring/bin folder

cd ring/extensions/ringqt/binupdate
installqt515.bat

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ring/bin
install.bat

Add Ring/bin to System path

Hit "windows key".
Type "Edit the System environment variables"
Select "Advanced" tab.
Click on "Environment Variables..."
Double click on "Path"
Add at the end the new path separated by semicolon. 
	;C:\Ring\Bin

Run Ring Notepad

ringpm run ringnotepad

More Extensions

The previous steps demonstrates building Ring and some of the Ring extensions.

There are more extensions in ring/extensions folder like RingCJSON, RingHTTPLib, etc.