To build BibleCS (The SWORD Project for Windows), you will need to have:

o	a recent version of the free (or better) Borland Turbo C++ compiler
	obtainable here:

http://turboexplorer.com

o	an SVN client for obtaining all the latest source.  TortoiseSVN
	is obtainable here:

http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org


Step 1: Obtain all the necessary source and place it in the correct directory layout.

For BibleCS to build, it expects source from some external packages to be located in the same parent directory as the BibleCS source.  Here is a typical layout which will work fine:

D:\src\biblecs
D:\src\sword
D:\src\icu-sword

To obtain the source for all three of these projects, use your SVN client to check out each project to the same parent directory, under a subdirectory named the same as the project (as seen in our example layout above).  The SVN URL for each project is given below:

https://crosswire.org/svn/biblecs/trunk/
https://crosswire.org/svn/sword/trunk/
https://crosswire.org/svn/icu-sword/trunk/

Step 2: Compiling.

Browse to the folder where you checked out all of the projects in step 1, and then into the biblecs folder, and double-click on the file:

swordprj.bdsgroup

This should launch Turbo C++ (or better) and open the project.

You should then select from the menu:

Project | Build all projects