OPNET supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Note:Please refer to FAQ 1685 for MSVS 2005, FAQ 1219 for .NET 2003 and FAQ 783
for .NET 2002 settings.
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Note that you must ensure your system environment is set up correctly. Here is t
he list of environment settings that should be added or set in the System Variab
les on your computer.
(Note: If the variable name already exists, make sure that the value associated
for that variable exists. If not, you must add the below value to the variable.
Consult your System Administrator or Microsoft technical support for assistance.
This FAQ is provided as a courtesy only.)
NOTE: The following settings assume that Visual Studio 2008 has been installed u
sing the default installation directory settings and that your Windows directory
is C:\Windows. If these are not the settings you have, then you must adjust the
following settings accordingly.
Environment Settings for 32-bit Windows platforms are as below:
DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE
Framework35Version=v3.5
FrameworkDir=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework
FrameworkVersion=v2.0.50727
INCLUDE=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include;

LIB=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib;
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LIBPATH=
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB;
PATH=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCPackages;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin;
VCINSTALLDIR=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC
VS90COMNTOOLS=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSINSTALLDIR=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
WindowsSdkDir=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\

Environment Settings for 64-bit Windows platforms are as below:

Framework35Version=v3.5
FrameworkDir=C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64
FrameworkVersion=v2.0.50727
INCLUDE=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\INCLUDE;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\INCLUDE;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include;
LIB=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\amd64;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib\x64;
LIBPATH=
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB\amd64;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\LIB\amd64;
Path=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\amd64;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.5;
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCPackages;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\x64;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin
VCINSTALLDIR=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC
VS90COMNTOOLS=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSINSTALLDIR=
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0
WindowsSdkDir=
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\
To ensure that the MSVS 2008 is installed correctly, open a Command Prompt and t
ype "cl" to invoke the compiler. Then type "link" to invoke the linker/binder. C
onfirm that each of these commands returns the correct information for the .NET
installation.