Compiling a GTK application on windows

[Vikram Narayanan <vikram186 gmail com>]

Hi,

Is there a document which says clearly about compiling a GTK
application on Windows for Windows? (not the one which compiles for
windows from Linux)
I am trying to compile Gcalctool on windows.

Below are my doubts.
1) Using which environment the compilation is done? (mingw or Visual studio)

2) For the existing crossplatform applications based on GTK, say
pidgin, how the compilation is done? Is it in windows or in Linux for
windows?

I have downloaded the gtk+ bundle for win32 applications. But not very
sure to which environment(mingw or Visual studio) I have to integrate
to.

Thanks in advance,
Vikram