symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/expat-2.0.0/win32/README.txt
author Martin Trojer <martin.trojer@nokia.com>
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New elf4rom that solves the ROMBULD.log header problem.
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Expat can be built on Windows in three ways: 
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  using MS Visual C++ (6.0 or .NET), Borland C++ Builder 5 or Cygwin.
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* Cygwin:
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  This follows the Unix build procedures.
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* C++ Builder 5:
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  Possible with make files in the BCB5 subdirectory.
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  Details can be found in the ReadMe file located there.
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* MS Visual C++ 6:
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  Based on the workspace file expat.dsw. The related project
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  files (.dsp) are located in the lib subdirectory.
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* MS Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, 2005:
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  The VC++ 6 workspace file (expat.dsw) and project files (.dsp)
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  can be opened and imported in VS.NET without problems.
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* Creating MinGW dynamic libraries from MS VC++ DLLs:
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  On the command line, execute these steps:
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  pexports libexpat.dll > expat.def
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  pexports libexpatw.dll > expatw.def
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  dlltool -d expat.def -l libexpat.a
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  dlltool -d expatw.def -l libexpatw.a
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  The *.a files are mingw libraries.
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* Special note about MS VC++ and runtime libraries:
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  There are three possible configurations: using the
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  single threaded or multithreaded run-time library,
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  or using the multi-threaded run-time Dll. That is, 
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  one can build three different Expat libraries depending
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  on the needs of the application.
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  Dynamic Linking:
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  By default the Expat Dlls are built to link statically
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  with the multi-threaded run-time library. 
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  The libraries are named
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  - libexpat(w).dll 
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  - libexpat(w).lib (import library)
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  The "w" indicates the UTF-16 version of the library.
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  One rarely uses other versions of the Dll, but they can
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  be built easily by specifying a different RTL linkage in
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  the IDE on the C/C++ tab under the category Code Generation.
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  Static Linking:
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  The libraries should be named like this:
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  Single-theaded:     libexpat(w)ML.lib
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  Multi-threaded:     libexpat(w)MT.lib
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  Multi-threaded Dll: libexpat(w)MD.lib
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  The suffixes conform to the compiler switch settings
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  /ML, /MT and /MD for MS VC++.
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  Note: In Visual Studio 2005 (Visual C++ 8.0) and later, the
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  single-threaded runtime library is not supported anymore.
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  By default, the expat-static and expatw-static projects are set up
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  to link statically against the multithreaded run-time library,
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  so they will build libexpatMT.lib or libexpatwMT.lib files.
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  To build the other versions of the static library, 
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  go to Project - Settings:
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  - specify a different RTL linkage on the C/C++ tab
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    under the category Code Generation.
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  - then, on the Library tab, change the output file name
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    accordingly, as described above
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  An application linking to the static libraries must
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  have the global macro XML_STATIC defined.