readme.txt
1Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.2.13
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4This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using
5Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0/10.0.
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7You don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the
8binaries from:
9 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
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11More information can be found at this site.
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17Build instructions for Visual Studio 2008 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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19- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
20- Open contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
21- Or run: vcbuild /rebuild contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln "Release|Win32"
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23Build instructions for Visual Studio 2010 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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25- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
26- Open contrib\vstudio\vc10\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
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28Build instructions for Visual Studio 2012 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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30- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
31- Open contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
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33Build instructions for Visual Studio 2013 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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35- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
36- Open contrib\vstudio\vc12\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2013
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38Build instructions for Visual Studio 2015 (32 bits or 64 bits)
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40- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files
41- Open contrib\vstudio\vc14\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2015
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44Important
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46- To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the
47 macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files.
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50Additional notes
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52- This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built
53 by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at
54 http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
55 It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and
56 includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that
57 particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll.
58
59- The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible
60 versions of zlib.dll on the Internet.
61
62- There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one
63 is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file
64 win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution.
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66- There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol
67 has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do
68 not define it here.
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71Gilles Vollant
72info@winimage.com
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74Visual Studio 2013 and 2015 Projects from Sean Hunt
75seandhunt_7@yahoo.com
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