Compiling FreeSWITCH for Windows

As mentioned in the Operating system prerequisites section, FreeSWITCH is built with MSVC or MSVCEE. The steps presented here are specifically for the Express Edition; however, the steps for using the standard edition are essentially the same.

Building the solution with MSVC/MSVCEE

There are several small steps to take prior to building with MSVC. They are as follows:

1. Create a new folder and copy the tar.gz file into it. In our example, we'll use C:\FreeSWITCH\freeswitch-1.0.6.tar.gz.

2. Right-click freeswitch-1.0.6.tar.gz and extract the files with your decompression utility. You will now have a new file named, freeswitch-1.0.6.tar.

3. Right-click freeswitch-1.0.6.tar and extract files. This process will take a few moments. You will then see a window similar to the following screenshot:

   

   Note: WinRAR decompresses both the .gz and .tar files in a single step.

4. After extraction you will have a new sub-folder named after the latest version of FreeSWITCH. In our example, we...