Building the Win32 version of DB: This directory contains project files for both MSVC4.X and 5.0: DB_DLL.mdp Visual C++ 4.0 project file DB_DLL.mak Makefile exported by Visual C++ 4.0. Berkeley_DB.dsw Visual C++ 5.0 project file *.dsp Visual C++ 5.0 subprojects In MSVC5.0, open the file "Berkeley_DB.dsw". The 5.0 project files are fully developed, allowing you to build both DLL and static versions of libdb, the test harness and the command-line utilities. If you want to build absolutely everything, select the "db_buildall" subproject and build. In MSVC4.X, first move your distribution directory to \db (so that this file is \db\build.win32\README for some drive letter). Then open the file "DB_DLL.mdp". The 4.X project files currently only allow you to build the DLL version of libdb.