Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 x86 tools.
Set ADMB Home directory to C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb>cd catage

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>tpl2cpp catage
xxglobal.tmp
xxhtop.tmp
header.tmp
xxalloc.tmp
xxtopm.tmp
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>mycl catage

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>cl -c /EHsc -DUSE_LAPLACE -DWIN32 -DOPT_LIB /Ox -D__MSVC32__=8 -I. -I""\include -I"C:\ADMB\Microsoft\V
C9"\include catage.cpp
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

catage.cpp

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>linkcl catage

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>cl  catage.obj df1b2stubo.lib admod32.lib ado32.lib adt32.lib /link /libpath:"C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9"\l
ib /libpath:""\lib
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 9.00.30729.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:catage.exe
/libpath:C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\lib
/libpath:\lib
catage.obj
df1b2stubo.lib
admod32.lib
ado32.lib
adt32.lib
admod32.lib(model.obj) : fatal error LNK1112: module machine type 'x64' conflicts with target machine type 'X86'

C:\ADMB\Microsoft\VC9\examples\admb\catage>