Quick Start Windows

ADMB-12.0
Released December 21, 2017

ADMB binary installation and usage procedure for Windows using installer.

For Windows computers with Visual C++ compiler already installed, read and follow the instuctions in QuickStart for Visual C++.

For builds within *Cygwin* and *MinGW-Msys* shells, read and follow the instructions in the QuickStart for Unix.

Quick Start

Warning — Uninstall any existing installations of ADMB.

Download ADMB Windows Installer
- For Windows 64Bit, download admb-12.0-windows10-mingw64.
- For Windows 32Bit, download admb-12.0-windows10-mingw32.
Note — Installers include open source MinGW C++ compiler.
Install ADMB

Double click the downloaded ADMB Windows Installer and follow instructions.
Use ADMB

On the Desktop, double click ADMB Command Prompt shortcut to open command line window.

In the ADMB Command Prompt window, use the steps below to build and run the simple example.

Copy the simple example directory.
```
    C:\> xcopy /I /E "%ADMB_HOME%\examples\admb\simple" simple
```
Change to simple example directory.
```
    C:\> cd simple
```
Build simple example.
```
    C:\simple\> admb simple
```
Run simple example.
```
    C:\simple\> simple
```
Read manuals for more information.

For help and support, contact users@admb-project.org.