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2 Expat can be built on Windows in three ways: |
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3 using MS Visual C++ (6.0 or .NET), Borland C++ Builder 5 or Cygwin. |
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5 * Cygwin: |
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6 This follows the Unix build procedures. |
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8 * C++ Builder 5: |
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9 Possible with make files in the BCB5 subdirectory. |
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10 Details can be found in the ReadMe file located there. |
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12 * MS Visual C++ 6: |
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13 Based on the workspace file expat.dsw. The related project |
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14 files (.dsp) are located in the lib subdirectory. |
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16 * MS Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, 2005: |
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17 The VC++ 6 workspace file (expat.dsw) and project files (.dsp) |
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18 can be opened and imported in VS.NET without problems. |
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20 * Creating MinGW dynamic libraries from MS VC++ DLLs: |
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22 On the command line, execute these steps: |
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23 pexports libexpat.dll > expat.def |
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24 pexports libexpatw.dll > expatw.def |
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25 dlltool -d expat.def -l libexpat.a |
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26 dlltool -d expatw.def -l libexpatw.a |
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28 The *.a files are mingw libraries. |
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29 |
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30 * Special note about MS VC++ and runtime libraries: |
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31 |
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32 There are three possible configurations: using the |
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33 single threaded or multithreaded run-time library, |
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34 or using the multi-threaded run-time Dll. That is, |
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35 one can build three different Expat libraries depending |
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36 on the needs of the application. |
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37 |
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38 Dynamic Linking: |
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39 |
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40 By default the Expat Dlls are built to link statically |
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41 with the multi-threaded run-time library. |
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42 The libraries are named |
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43 - libexpat(w).dll |
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44 - libexpat(w).lib (import library) |
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45 The "w" indicates the UTF-16 version of the library. |
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47 One rarely uses other versions of the Dll, but they can |
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48 be built easily by specifying a different RTL linkage in |
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49 the IDE on the C/C++ tab under the category Code Generation. |
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50 |
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51 Static Linking: |
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52 |
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53 The libraries should be named like this: |
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54 Single-theaded: libexpat(w)ML.lib |
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55 Multi-threaded: libexpat(w)MT.lib |
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56 Multi-threaded Dll: libexpat(w)MD.lib |
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57 The suffixes conform to the compiler switch settings |
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58 /ML, /MT and /MD for MS VC++. |
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60 Note: In Visual Studio 2005 (Visual C++ 8.0) and later, the |
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61 single-threaded runtime library is not supported anymore. |
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62 |
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63 By default, the expat-static and expatw-static projects are set up |
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64 to link statically against the multithreaded run-time library, |
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65 so they will build libexpatMT.lib or libexpatwMT.lib files. |
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66 |
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67 To build the other versions of the static library, |
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68 go to Project - Settings: |
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69 - specify a different RTL linkage on the C/C++ tab |
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70 under the category Code Generation. |
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71 - then, on the Library tab, change the output file name |
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72 accordingly, as described above |
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74 An application linking to the static libraries must |
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75 have the global macro XML_STATIC defined. |