Target windows XP from Mac using Netbeans and Docker

I had tried building C/C++ applications for Windows XP using my Mac and mingw-w64 installed using Home-brew but it just didnt work out. This mostly resulted in the following when trying to run the executable on Windows XP;

What I finally discovered and use is, setting up a Docker image with the appropriate XP-compatible toolchain, ie. a MinGW that targets MSVCRT, not UCRT.

Netbeans build.xml file

 Below is a couple of additions I've made in the past to the build.xml files:

Problem building meslink

I had trouble building mesllink using Netbeans but note that it did build correctly from the original source on the box, from the command line by running make.

This is similar to a problem I had with mesdb detailed here. (worth reading first).

Problem building mesdb

I had trouble building mesdb using Netbeans but note that it did build correctly from the original source on the box, from the command line by running make.

To change Netbeans C++ binary output location

RIGHT-CLICK PROJECT

PROJECT PROPERTIES > LINKER > GENERAL > OUTPUT

C++ File structure in both Netbeans and CLion

Below shows the file structure of a simple C++ application in both Netbeans and CLion (on a Mac).