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+@echo off
+
+set "ROOT=c:/users/sprae/sources/repos/amdis"
+set "BOOST_ROOT=c:/users/sprae/programme"
+
+rem # the following line tests whether it is a 64 bits or 32 bits OS and stores the result in the variable BITS
+reg Query "HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0" | find /i "x86" > NUL && set BITS=32 || set BITS=64
+
+rem # set the cmake generator
+set MSVC_VERSION=14
+set MSVC_YEAR=2015
+if "%BITS%"=="64" (
+  set "MSVC_GENERATOR=Visual Studio %MSVC_VERSION% %MSVC_YEAR% Win64"
+) else (
+  set "MSVC_GENERATOR=Visual Studio %MSVC_VERSION% %MSVC_YEAR%"
+)
+
+rem # set boost version and directories
+set BOOST_MINOR=62
+set "BOOST_VERSION=1.%BOOST_MINOR%.0"
+set "BOOST_VERSION_STR=1_%BOOST_MINOR%_0"
+set "BOOST_DIR=%BOOST_ROOT%/boost_%BOOST_VERSION_STR%"
+set "BOOST_LIB_DIR=%BOOST_DIR%/lib%BITS%-msvc-%MSVC_VERSION%.0"
+
+set "POSTFIX=msvc_%MSVC_VERSION%_boost_%BOOST_VERSION%"
+
+rem # at first build AMDiS
+set "BUILD=%ROOT%/build/%POSTFIX%"
+cmake -E make_directory %BUILD%
+cmake -E chdir %BUILD% cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%ROOT%/install/%POSTFIX% ^
+                             -DENABLE_COMPRESSION:BOOL=OFF -DENABLE_UMFPACK:BOOL=OFF -DENABLE_EXTENSIONS:BOOL=ON ^
+                             -DBOOST_ROOT:PATH=%BOOST_DIR% -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR:PATH=%BOOST_LIB_DIR% ^
+                             -G "%MSVC_GENERATOR%" %ROOT%/AMDiS
+cmake --build %BUILD% --config Debug --target install
+
+rem # now build the demos
+set "BASEDIR=%ROOT%/demo"
+set "BUILD=%BASEDIR%/build/%POSTFIX%"
+cmake -E make_directory %BUILD%
+cmake -E chdir %BUILD% cmake -DAMDIS_DIR:PATH=%ROOT%/install/%POSTFIX%/share/amdis ^
+                             -DBOOST_ROOT:PATH=%BOOST_DIR% -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR:PATH=%BOOST_LIB_DIR% ^
+                             -G "%MSVC_GENERATOR%" %BASEDIR%
+cmake --build %BUILD% --config Debug
+
+rem # now build and run the test_suite
+set "BASEDIR=%ROOT%/test"
+set "BUILD=%BASEDIR%/build/%POSTFIX%"
+cmake -E make_directory %BUILD%
+cmake -E chdir %BUILD% cmake -DAMDIS_DIR:PATH=%ROOT%/install/%POSTFIX%/share/amdis ^
+                             -DBOOST_ROOT:PATH=%BOOST_DIR% -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR:PATH=%BOOST_LIB_DIR% ^
+                             -G "%MSVC_GENERATOR%" %BASEDIR%
+cmake --build %BUILD% --config Debug
+cmake --build %BUILD% --config Debug --target run_test