NEW: Added Batch script for Windows release build.

build_scripts/windows/win_VS_build_x64_release.bat

+@echo off
+title Building the 'lib4neuro' project for Debug
+
+cls
+
+set "REBUILD_BOOST="
+set "BUILD_EXAMPLES="
+set "BUILD_TESTS="
+set "BUILD_LIB="
+set "BUILD_SOMETHING="
+set "BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB="
+set "BOOST_ROOT="
+set "LIB4NEURO_INCLUDE_DIR="
+set "MAKEFILE_GENERATOR="
+set "LINK_TYPE="
+set "CLEAN_AF="
+
+rem call VsDevCmd.bat
+
+set BOOST_ROOT=%cd%..\..\external_dependencies\boost
+set LIB4NEURO_INCLUDE_DIR=%cd%..\..\include
+
+rem Should we rebuild BOOST? (yes/no)
+set REBUILD_BOOST=yes
+
+rem Should we build the examples? (yes/no)
+set BUILD_EXAMPLES=yes
+
+rem Should we build the unit-tests? (yes/no)
+set BUILD_TESTS=yes
+
+rem Should we build the lib4neuro library? (yes/no)
+set BUILD_LIB=yes
+
+rem **********************DO NOT CHANGE BEYOND THIS LINE****************************************
+
+set LINK_TYPE=static
+IF "%DEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE%" == "shared" (
+	set LINK_TYPE=shared
+)
+
+set CLEAN_AF=yes
+IF "%CLEAN_AFTER%"=="no" (
+	set CLEAN_AF=no
+)
+
+set BUILD_SOMETHING=no
+set BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB=no
+
+IF "%BUILD_LIB%"=="yes" (
+	echo Lib4neuro build type: Debug
+	echo Lib4neuro build architecture: x64
+    echo Lib4neuro will be built in 'build\lib\'
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING=yes
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB=yes
+	call win_clean_lib.bat
+)
+
+IF "%BUILD_TESTS%"=="yes" (
+    echo Lib4neuro unit tests will be built in 'build\unit-tests'
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING=yes
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB=yes
+	call win_clean_tests.bat
+)
+
+IF "%BUILD_EXAMPLES%"=="yes" (
+    echo Lib4neuro examples will be built in 'build\examples'
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING=yes
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB=yes
+	call win_clean_examples.bat
+)
+
+IF "%REBUILD_BOOST%"=="yes" (
+    echo The required BOOST library will be recompiled in the directory 'external_dependencies\boost'
+	set BUILD_SOMETHING=yes
+)
+
+IF "%BUILD_SOMETHING%"=="yes" (
+    rem pause
+)
+
+
+rem Boost rebuild
+IF "%REBUILD_BOOST%"=="yes" (
+	title Rebuilding 'BOOST' for Debug
+    cd ..\..
+	
+	rmdir /s /q external_dependencies\boost\stage 2>NUL
+	rmdir /s /q external_dependencies\boost\bin.v2 2>NUL
+
+	cd external_dependencies\boost
+
+   .\b2 --layout=system variant=release link=%LINK_TYPE% address-model=64 --with-system --with-serialization --with-random || goto error_occured_boost
+
+	cd ..\..\build_scripts\windows
+)
+
+IF "%BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB%"=="yes" (
+	title Building the 'lib4neuro' project for Debug [preparing makefiles]
+	
+	rem C++ compiler (Requires Visual Studio 2017)
+	set CXX_COMPILER=cl
+	set C_COMPILER=cl
+
+	set MAKEFILE_GENERATOR="Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"
+	
+	cd ..\..
+	cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%CXX_COMPILER% -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%C_COMPILER% -DBOOST_ROOT=%BOOST_ROOT% -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=%BOOST_LIBRARYDIR% -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=%BOOST_INCLUDEDIR% -DBUILD_TESTS=%BUILD_TESTS% -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=%BUILD_EXAMPLES% -DBUILD_LIB=%BUILD_LIB% -DLIB4NEURO_DIR=build\lib -DDEPENDENCIES_LINK_TYPE=%LINK_TYPE% -DLIB4NEURO_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIB4NEURO_INCLUDE_DIR% . || goto error_occured_lib
+	title Building the 'lib4neuro' project for Debug [building]
+	cmake --build . --config Debug && echo "Build complete." || goto error_occured_lib
+
+	cd build_scripts\windows
+)
+goto final_goto
+
+:error_occured_lib
+cd build_scripts\windows
+goto final_goto_error
+
+:error_occured_boost
+cd ..\..\build_scripts\windows
+goto final_goto_error
+
+
+:final_goto_error
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_LIB%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_lib.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_EXAMPLES%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_examples.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_TESTS%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_tests.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB%"=="yes"  call win_clean_garbage.bat
+exit 1
+
+
+:final_goto
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_LIB%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_lib.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_EXAMPLES%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_examples.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_TESTS%"=="yes" call win_clean_after_tests.bat
+IF "%CLEAN_AF%"=="yes" IF "%BUILD_SOMETHING_LIB%"=="yes"  call win_clean_garbage.bat