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