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afterwards will copy the plugin and any required files, if any, to the GUI's appropriate directories.
Windows
IMPORTANT: Before building any plugin on windows, the base GUI in the desired configuration (Release or Debug) must have been built.
To build the plugin on windows, open the generated oe_pluginname.sln Visual Studio solution file. Select the apropriate configuration (Debug/Release) and either build the solution or build the ALL_BUILD project. That will run the build process on all projects except INSTALL, thus building the plugin.
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