| Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.2.8
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| This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using
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| Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0/10.0.
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| You don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the
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| http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
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| More information can be found at this site.
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2008 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
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| - Compile assembly code (with Visual Studio Command Prompt) by running:
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| bld_ml64.bat (in contrib\masmx64)
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| bld_ml32.bat (in contrib\masmx86)
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| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
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| - Or run: vcbuild /rebuild contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln "Release|Win32"
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2010 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
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| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc10\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
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| Build instructions for Visual Studio 2012 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
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| - Uncompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| - Open contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 |
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| Important
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| - To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the
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| macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files.
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| Additional notes
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| - This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built
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| by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at
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| http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
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| It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and
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| includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that
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| particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll.
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| - The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible
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| - There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one
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| win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution.
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| - There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol
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| Gilles Vollant
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| info@winimage.com
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