If you are installing from a packaged source distribution, create a work directory (for example, C:\workdir), and unpack the source distribution there using WinZip or another Windows tool that can read .zip files. This directory is the work directory in the following instructions.

If you are installing from a Bazaar tree, the root directory of that tree is the work directory in the following instructions.

Using a command shell, navigate to the work directory and run the following command:

C:\workdir>win\configure.js options

If you have associated the .js file extension with an application such as a text editor, then you may need to use the following command to force configure.js to be executed as a script:

C:\workdir>cscript win\configure.js options

These options are available for configure.js:

For example (type the command on one line):

C:\workdir>win\configure.js WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE »
             WITH_PARTITION_STORAGE_ENGINE MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=-pro

From the work directory, execute the win\build-vs8.bat or win\build-vs71.bat file, depending on the version of Visual Studio you have installed. The script invokes CMake, which generates the mysql.sln solution file you will need to build MySQL using Visual Studio..

You can also use win\build-vs8_x64.bat to build the 64-bit version of MySQL. However, you cannot build the 64-bit version with Visual Studio Express Edition. You must use Visual Studio 2005 (8.0) or higher.

From the work directory, open the generated mysql.sln file with Visual Studio and select the proper configuration using the Configuration menu. The menu provides Debug, Release, RelwithDebInfo, MinRelInfo options. Then select Solution > Build to build the solution.

The build process will take some time. Please be patient.

Remember the configuration that you use in this step. It is important later when you run the test script because that script needs to know which configuration you used.

You should test you build before installation. See Section 6.4, “Testing a Windows Source Build”.

To install, use the instructions in Section 6.3, “Installing MySQL from a Source Build on Windows”.