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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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binaries from: |
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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 |
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- 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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versions of zlib.dll on the Internet. |
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- There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one |
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is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file |
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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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has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do |
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not define it here. |
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Gilles Vollant |
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info@winimage.com |
