diff --git a/vs7/ArabicaConfig.S b/vs7/ArabicaConfig.S
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+++ b/vs7/ArabicaConfig.S
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+#define pasty(m, n) m##n
+#define include pasty(#, include)
+#define ifdef pasty(#, ifdef)
+#define ifndef pasty(#, ifndef)
+#define endif pasty(#, endif)
+#define define pasty(#, define)
+#define message pasty(#, pragma message)
+#define undef pasty(#, undef)
+#define error pasty(#, error)
+#define else pasty(#, else)
+#define comment pasty(#, pragma comment)
+
+
+ifndef ARABICA_ARABICA_CONFIG_H
+define ARABICA_ARABICA_CONFIG_H
+
+#ifdef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
+#undef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
+define ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if (_MSC_VER < 1300)
+define ARABICA_VS6_WORKAROUND
+#endif
+
+define ARABICA_NO_CODECVT_SPECIALISATIONS
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NO_BOOST
+define HAVE_BOOST
+#endif
+
+define ARABICA_USE_WINSOCK
+define ARABICA_WINDOWS
+
+#if defined(_DEBUG) || (__DEBUG__)
+define ARABICA_DEBUG
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_LIBXML2
+#undef USE_LIBXML2
+define USE_LIBXML2
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_EXPAT
+#undef USE_EXPAT
+define USE_EXPAT
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_XERCES
+#undef USE_XERCES
+define USE_XERCES
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_GARDEN
+#undef USE_GARDEN
+define USE_GARDEN
+define ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_MSXML
+#undef USE_MSXML
+define USE_MSXML
+#endif			
+				
+endif
+
+
diff --git a/vs7/README.txt b/vs7/README.txt
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+++ b/vs7/README.txt
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+Arabica no longer ships with solution or project files for Visual Studio 7/2003.
+You can generate them using the vs9\projfix.py script.  I can't guarantee the generated files will work, but they the last time I ran it.
diff --git a/vs8/README.txt b/vs8/README.txt
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index 00000000..629b98ef
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+++ b/vs8/README.txt
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+Arabica no longer ships with solution or project files for Visual Studio 8/2005.
+You can generate them using the vs9\projfix.py script.  I can't guarantee the generated files will work, but they the last time I ran it.