Compile V8 modules in windows - node.js

Question

I'm trying to compile a module with V8 and Node. I configured it to be dll and downloaded the source code and compiled nodejs with vcbuild.bat.
However, it throws errors like
Error 2 error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A0005F6) "class v8::Handle __cdecl v8::True(void)" (?True#v8##$$FYA?AV?$Handle#VBoolean#v8###1#XZ) referenced in function "public: static class v8::Handle __cdecl v8::Boolean::New(bool)" (?New#Boolean#v8##$$FSA?AV?$Handle#VBoolean#v8###2#_N#Z)
or
Error 6 error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A0005FE) "public: class
v8::Local __thiscall
v8::Object::GetPropertyNames(void)"
(?GetPropertyNames#Object#v8##$$FQAE?AV?$Local#VArray#v8###2#XZ)
referenced in function "class v8::Handle __cdecl
strin(class v8::Arguments const &)"
(?strin##$$FYA?AV?$Handle#VValue#v8###v8##ABVArguments#2##Z) c:\Users\aisha\documents\visual
studio 2012\Projects\Project2\Project2\EventLog.obj EventLog
what can be wrong? Seems to be related to the object HandleScope

Answer 1

I have built node with v8 dll on Windows (VS2010). I record what I did to share with you all and also for my reference. The packages are fresh clones from git on this day.
First you build v8 as a dll. I used the method BitCortex suggested in this page.
Build googles v8 as shared library on windows?
And then
0) Suppose you are at the root of the source tree.
1) edit vcbuild.bat (for a debug build)
Line 15 set config=Release -> set config=Debug
Line 18 set target_arch=ia32 -> set target_arch=x64
* target-arch should be the arch of your system.
Line 92 python configure %debug_arg% %nosnapshot_arg% %noetw_arg% %noperfctr_arg% --dest-cpu=%target_arch% --tag=%TAG%
-> python configure %debug_arg% %nosnapshot_arg% %noetw_arg% %noperfctr_arg% --dest-cpu=%target_arch% --tag=%TAG% --shared-v8
2) cp $(v8-dll-build)/include/*h ./src
3) cp $(v8-dll-build)/build/Debug/lib/v8.lib .
4) Build
> vcbuild nosign
5) cp $(v8-dll-build)/build/Debug/*.dll Debug
That is all there is to it.