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Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.21
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This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using
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Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0/7.1.
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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
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- Unzip zlib*.zip and copy the files from contrib\vstudio\vc7,
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from contrib\vstudio\masmx86 and from contrib\minizip into the same
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directory.
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- Download the crtdll library from
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http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/crtdll.zip
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Unzip crtdll.zip to extract crtdll.lib.
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- If you are using x86, use the Release target.
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- Open zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 or 7.1
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(Visual Studio .Net 2002 or 2003).
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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
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