nmake fails to compile TSF samples with VS 2012

Question

I'm trying to build Text Services Framework Sample Codes using Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8 RC 64bit. The instructions on these samples were based on VS 2003. Here's the part of that (wrote my problems in bold )

1. Open a command window.
2. Run vsvars32.bat. If you have Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed on your C: drive, the command is "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Common7\\Tools\\vsvars32.bat".
3. Run SetEnv.bat. If you have Visual Studio .NET installed on your C: drive, the command is "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SDK\\SetEnv.bat" /RETAIL. ( I couldn't find the file on my system )
4. Navigate to the sample directory.
5. Run nmake. ( Getting error here: win32.mak not found )

What might be the possible solution?

Answer 1

1. Open a command window.
2. Run vsvars32.bat. "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft\\Visual Studio 11.0\\Common7\\Tools\\vsvars32.bat".
3. Copy win32.mak from C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.1\\Include to the sample directory.
4. Navigate to the sample directory and run nmake.

Answer 2

Use the Visual Studio Command Prompt. This loads the required variables.