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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ DevCon is provided in ready-to-run form in tools\\devcon. For usage, refer to th

You can build the sample in two ways: using the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or from the command line using the Visual Studio Command Prompt window and the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild.exe).

### Generate `msg.h`

The program relies on having a `msg.h` file, which is generated using `mc.exe` which is part of Windows SDK.
Locate your `mc.exe` and then run it.

```cmd
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64\mc.exe" -h . -r . msg.mc
```

This generates the required msg.h file so that you proceed with the next steps.

### Building the sample using Visual Studio

1. Open Visual Studio. From the **File** menu, select **Open Project/Solution**. Navigate to the DevCon sample folder and open the devcon.sln project file.
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