arpadboda commented on a change in pull request #694: MINIFICPP-1091 - Updated Windows.md URL: https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp/pull/694#discussion_r357651315
########## File path: Windows.md ########## @@ -17,29 +17,70 @@ ## Requirements -Apache NiFi MiNiFi C++ has been built on Window Server 2016, 2019, and Windows 10 operating systems. Since the project is CMAKE focused we suggest building via -Visual Studio 2017 or our ms_build.bat script. In order to build the MSI, please install the [WiX Toolset](https://wixtoolset.org/) +Apache NiFi MiNiFi C++ has been built on Window Server 2016, 2019, and Windows 10 operating systems. The project is CMake focused we suggest building via +Visual Studio 2017 or our `win_build_vs.bat` script. -The project previously required OpenSSL to be installed. If you follow our build procedures, below, you will not need to install that dependency. Further, any MSI -distributable requires that systems install the [Visual Studio 2010 redistributables](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999&irgwc=1&OCID=AID681541_aff_7593_312327&tduid=(ir__2dz2dkkuookfr3a22jsv1zgwwn2xmb9vrhvzwmdq00) +The project previously required OpenSSL to be installed. If you follow our build procedures, below, you will not need to install that dependency. + +### Required software + + - Visual Studio 2017 + - [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/) + - [Git](https://git-scm.com/download/win) + - (Optional) [WiX Toolset](https://wixtoolset.org/releases/) (only for building the MSI) + - (Optional) JDK (only for JNI support) + +### JNI support +Though the project is written in C++, JNI functionality supports running Java processors stored in NiFi Archives. These can be run +in a much smaller memory footprint and consumer fewer resources. If your systems do not support Java or you do not want a JDK installed, please use non-JNI builds. Review comment: consumer -> consume ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
