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# Building and Running the Sample Programs

## Windows

To build and run ImportExport using Visual Studio:

1. Start Visual Studio.
2. Click mFileOpenProject/Solution.
3. Navigate to the folder that contains the version of ImportExport for your version of Visual Studio, for example, C:\Program Files\Autodesk\FBX\FbxSdk\2014.0\samples\UI Examples\ImportExport\.
4. Open the project file for your version of Visual Studio. Visual Studio will create a new solution, and open the project inside that solution.
5. To build the file, click Build Build Solution. Unless you modify the project, Visual Studio builds a debug version of the application (named ImportExport.exe), stored in the project’s Debug\ directory.
6. To run ImportExport within Visual Studio, choose Start Debugging from the Debug menu. The dialog box for ImportExport appears. You can use it to select files for conversion to various file formats.

## Mac OS and Linux

Use the provided makefiles to build the sample programs on the Mac OS and Linux platforms.