Platform SDK: Tools

Compiling Source Files

WIN32.MAK includes the following macros to simplify compilation of C/C++ source files:

$(CC)
This macro is used to invoke the compiler. It expands to the following:
```
cl
 
```
$(CFLAGS)
This macro is used for common compiler flags. It is platform dependent. On x86 machines, it includes the following flags:
```
-c -W3 -D_X86=1
 
```
$(CDEBUG)
This macro is used for debugging, profiling, and tuning compiler flags. When specifying debug, but no profiling or tuning, it expands to the following flags:
```
-Z7 -Od
 
```

Use one of the following three macros if you are using the C run-time library:

$(CVARS)
This macro is used for single-threaded applications. It expands to the following flags:
```
-DWIN32 -DNULL=0
 
```
$(CVARSMT)
This macro is used for multithreaded applications. It expands to the following flags:
```
-DWIN32 -DNULL=0 -D_MT
 
```
$(CVARSDLL)
This macro is used for applications that use the CRT in a DLL. It expands to the following flags:
```
-DWIN32 -DNULL=0 -D_MT -D_DLL
 
```

The following example shows how you can compile your source files using these macros:

generic.obj: generic.c
    $(cc) $(cdebug) $(cflags) $(cvarsdll) $*.c

WIN32.MAK includes the following macros to simplify compilation of resource-definition files:

$(RC)
This macro is used to invoke the resource compiler. It expands to the following:
```
rc
 
```
$(RCFLAGS)
This macro is used for common flags. It expands to the following flags:
```
-r
 
```
$(RCVARS)
This macro is used for other flags. It expands to the following flags:
```
-DWIN32 -DWINVER=0x0400 
 
```

The following example shows how you can compile your resource-definition file using these macros:

generic.res: generic.rc generic.h generic.dlg
    $(rc) $(rcvars) $(rcflags) $*.rc