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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding = "Windows-1252"?>
+<VisualStudioProject
+	ProjectType="Visual C++"
+	Version="7.00"
+	Name="gears"
+	SccProjectName=""
+	SccLocalPath="">
+	<Platforms>
+		<Platform
+			Name="Win32"/>
+	</Platforms>
+	<Configurations>
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+			Name="Debug|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory=".\Debug"
+			IntermediateDirectory=".\Debug"
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+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
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+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../../include"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,_DEBUG,_CONSOLE"
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+				RuntimeLibrary="5"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Debug/gears.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\Debug/"
+				ObjectFile=".\Debug/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\Debug/"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="0"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalOptions="/MACHINE:I386"
+				AdditionalDependencies="glut32.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"
+				OutputFile=".\Debug/gears.exe"
+				LinkIncremental="2"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../glut/Debug"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\Debug/gears.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\Debug/gears.tlb"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+				CommandLine="copy Debug\gears.exe ..\..\..\..\progs\demos"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
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+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory=".\Release"
+			IntermediateDirectory=".\Release"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
+			CharacterSet="2">
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../../include"
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+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
+				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/gears.pch"
+				AssemblerListingLocation=".\Release/"
+				ObjectFile=".\Release/"
+				ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\Release/"
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+				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				CompileAs="0"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalOptions="/MACHINE:I386"
+				AdditionalDependencies="glut32.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib"
+				OutputFile=".\Release/gears.exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="../glut/Release"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile=".\Release/gears.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\Release/gears.tlb"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+				CommandLine="copy Release\gears.exe ..\..\..\..\progs\demos"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="1033"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
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+			Name="Source Files"
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+					Name="Release|Win32">
+					<Tool
+						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
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+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Header Files"
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+			Name="Resource Files"
+			Filter="ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe">
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