Columns UI is released under the Lesser GNU Public Licence (see COPYING and COPYING.LESSER).
To clone the repo and dependencies, run:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/reupen/columns_ui.git
This repo makes use of git submodules. If you're not familiar with them, check out the guide here.
Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 is required to build Columns UI. You can use the free community edition.
You may also need the Windows SDK for Windows 10 and the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.
Open vc14/columns_ui-public.sln in Visual Studio 2015 Update 1.
Select the Release configuration and the Win32 platform, and build the solution.
If the build is successful, foo_ui_columns.dll will be output in vc14\Release.
You can use MSBuild if you prefer. In a VS2015 Native Tools x86 command prompt, run:
msbuild /m /p:Platform=Win32 /p:Configuration=Release vc14\columns_ui-public.sln
If the build is successful, foo_ui_columns.dll will be output in vc14\Release.
For a clean build, run:
msbuild /m /p:Platform=Win32 /p:Configuration=Release /t:Rebuild vc14\columns_ui-public.sln