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1 Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.2.3 |
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4 This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using |
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5 Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0/7.1, and Visual C++ . |
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6 |
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7 You don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the |
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8 binaries from: |
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9 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
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10 |
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11 More information can be found at this site. |
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13 |
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14 Build instructions for Visual Studio 7.x (32 bits) |
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15 -------------------------------------------------- |
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16 - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
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17 - Download the crtdll library from |
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18 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/crtdll.zip |
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19 Unzip crtdll.zip to extract crtdll.lib on contrib\vstudio\vc7. |
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20 - Open contrib\vstudio\vc7\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 7.x |
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21 (Visual Studio .Net 2002 or 2003). |
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22 |
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23 Build instructions for Visual Studio 2005 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
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24 -------------------------------------------------------------- |
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25 - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
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26 - For 32 bits only: download the crtdll library from |
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27 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/crtdll.zip |
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28 Unzip crtdll.zip to extract crtdll.lib on contrib\vstudio\vc8. |
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29 - Open contrib\vstudio\vc8\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
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30 |
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31 Build instructions for Visual Studio 2005 64 bits, PSDK compiler |
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33 at the time of writing this text file, Visual Studio 2005 (and |
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34 Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0) is on the beta 2 stage. |
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35 Using you can get the free 64 bits compiler from Platform SDK, |
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36 which is NOT a beta, and compile using the Visual studio 2005 IDE |
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37 see http://www.winimage.com/misc/sdk64onvs2005/ for instruction |
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38 |
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39 - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
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40 - start Visual Studio 2005 from a platform SDK command prompt, using |
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41 the /useenv switch |
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42 - Open contrib\vstudio\vc8\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
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45 Important |
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46 --------- |
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47 - To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the |
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48 macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files. |
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50 |
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51 Additional notes |
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52 ---------------- |
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53 - This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built |
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54 by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at |
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55 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
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56 It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and |
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57 includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that |
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58 particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll. |
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59 |
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60 - The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible |
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61 versions of zlib.dll on the Internet. |
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62 |
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63 - There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one |
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64 is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file |
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65 win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution. |
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66 |
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67 - There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol |
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68 has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do |
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69 not define it here. |
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72 Gilles Vollant |
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73 info@winimage.com |