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FlatLaf Windows 10/11 Native Library
This sub-project contains the source code for the FlatLaf Windows 10/11 native library (DLL).
The native library can be built only on Windows and requires a C++ compiler. Tested with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) 2019 and 2022 (comes with Visual Studio 2019 and 2022).
The native library is available for following CPU architectures: x86_64 (or
amd64), x86 and arm64 (or aarch64).
To be able to build FlatLaf on any platform, and without C++ compiler, the pre-built DLLs are checked into Git at flatlaf-core/src/main/resources/com/formdev/flatlaf/natives/.
The DLLs were built on a GitHub server with the help of GitHub Actions. See: Native Libraries workflow. Then the produced Artifacts ZIP was downloaded, signed DLLs with FormDev Software code signing certificate and committed the DLLs to Git.
Development
To build the library on Windows using Gradle, (parts of)
Visual Studio Community
2022
needs to be installed. After downloading and running VisualStudioSetup.exe the
Visual Studio Installer is installed and started. Once running, it shows the
Workloads tab that allows you to install additional packages. Either choose
Desktop development with C++, or to save some disk space switch to the
Single Components tab and choose following components (newest versions):
- MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 Buildtools
- MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ ARM64/ARM64EC Buildtools
- Windows 11 SDK
Note that the Visual Studio Installer shows many similar named components for MSVC. Make sure to choose exactly those components listed above.
Using Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022 (installs only compiler and SDKs) instead of Visual Studio Community 2022 does not work with Gradle.
Visual Studio Code with C/C++ extension can be used for C++ code editing.