Can I build AbiWord2.8.1 with MSVC6 or 7.1 or with msvc2008. Also, can we build its latest plugins of OpenXML with MSVC6 or MSVC7.1 or MSVC2008?

I tried to get the latest CVS version of AbiWord, checked-out following modules:
1) abi
2) wv
3) libpng
4) libconv
5) MSVC6
6) MSVC7.1 etc...

However, I get a compile time error with ut_types.h, If you want i can post the error details.

However, im not sure if im on the right track.