THRIFT-3940 Visual Studio project file for compiler is broken
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/README.md b/compiler/cpp/README.md
index ea195c7..90300ac 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/README.md
+++ b/compiler/cpp/README.md
@@ -54,29 +54,28 @@
The Visual Studio project contains pre-build commands to generate the
thriftl.cc, thrifty.cc and thrifty.hh files which are necessary to build
the compiler. These depend on bison, flex and their dependencies to
-work properly. If this doesn't work on a system, try these manual
-pre-build steps.
+work properly.
+Download flex & bison as described above.
+Place these binaries somewhere in the path and
+rename win_flex.exe and win_bison.exe to flex.exe and bison.exe respectively.
+
+If this doesn't work on a system, try these manual pre-build steps.
Open compiler.sln and remove the Pre-build commands under the project's
Properties -> Build Events -> Pre-Build Events.
-Download flex & bison from http://jaisantonyk.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/lex-and-yaccbison-in-windows/
-Download bison.simple in addition to bison.exe . This build of bison is easier to use
-than the one on sourceforge which has a myriad of dependencies.
-Place these binaries somewhere in the path.
-
From a command prompt:
> cd thrift/compiler/cpp
-> flex -osrc\thriftl.cc src\thriftl.ll
+> flex -osrc\thrift\thriftl.cc src\thrift\thriftl.ll
In the generated thriftl.cc, comment out #include <unistd.h>
Place a copy of bison.simple in thrift/compiler/cpp
-> bison -y -o "src/thrifty.cc" --defines src/thrifty.yy
-> move src\thrifty.cc.hh src\thrifty.hh
+> bison -y -o "src/thrift/thrifty.cc" --defines src/thrift/thrifty.yy
+> move src\thrift\thrifty.cc.hh src\thrift\thrifty.hh
Bison might generate the yacc header file "thrifty.cc.h" with just one h ".h" extension; in this case you'll have to rename to "thrifty.h".
-> move src\windows\version.h.in src\windows\version.h
+> move src\thrift\version.h.in src\thrift\version.h
Download inttypes.h from the interwebs and place it in an include path
location (e.g. thrift/compiler/cpp/src).