1*de1ce4f6SchristosBuilding instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.2.10 2aaf4ece6Schristos======================================================== 3aaf4ece6Schristos 4aaf4ece6SchristosThis directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using 5*de1ce4f6SchristosMicrosoft Visual C++ 9.0/10.0. 6aaf4ece6Schristos 7aaf4ece6SchristosYou don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the 8aaf4ece6Schristosbinaries from: 9aaf4ece6Schristos http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll 10aaf4ece6Schristos 11aaf4ece6SchristosMore information can be found at this site. 12aaf4ece6Schristos 13aaf4ece6Schristos 14aaf4ece6Schristos 15*de1ce4f6Schristos 16*de1ce4f6Schristos 17*de1ce4f6SchristosBuild instructions for Visual Studio 2008 (32 bits or 64 bits) 18aaf4ece6Schristos-------------------------------------------------------------- 19*de1ce4f6Schristos- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files 20*de1ce4f6Schristos- Compile assembly code (with Visual Studio Command Prompt) by running: 21*de1ce4f6Schristos bld_ml64.bat (in contrib\masmx64) 22*de1ce4f6Schristos bld_ml32.bat (in contrib\masmx86) 23*de1ce4f6Schristos- Open contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 24*de1ce4f6Schristos- Or run: vcbuild /rebuild contrib\vstudio\vc9\zlibvc.sln "Release|Win32" 25aaf4ece6Schristos 26*de1ce4f6SchristosBuild instructions for Visual Studio 2010 (32 bits or 64 bits) 27*de1ce4f6Schristos-------------------------------------------------------------- 28*de1ce4f6Schristos- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files 29*de1ce4f6Schristos- Open contrib\vstudio\vc10\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 30aaf4ece6Schristos 31*de1ce4f6SchristosBuild instructions for Visual Studio 2012 (32 bits or 64 bits) 32*de1ce4f6Schristos-------------------------------------------------------------- 33*de1ce4f6Schristos- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files 34*de1ce4f6Schristos- Open contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 35*de1ce4f6Schristos 36*de1ce4f6SchristosBuild instructions for Visual Studio 2013 (32 bits or 64 bits) 37*de1ce4f6Schristos-------------------------------------------------------------- 38*de1ce4f6Schristos- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files 39*de1ce4f6Schristos- Open contrib\vstudio\vc12\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 40*de1ce4f6Schristos 41*de1ce4f6SchristosBuild instructions for Visual Studio 2015 (32 bits or 64 bits) 42*de1ce4f6Schristos-------------------------------------------------------------- 43*de1ce4f6Schristos- Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files 44*de1ce4f6Schristos- Open contrib\vstudio\vc14\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 45aaf4ece6Schristos 46aaf4ece6Schristos 47aaf4ece6SchristosImportant 48aaf4ece6Schristos--------- 49aaf4ece6Schristos- To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the 50aaf4ece6Schristos macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files. 51aaf4ece6Schristos 52aaf4ece6Schristos 53aaf4ece6SchristosAdditional notes 54aaf4ece6Schristos---------------- 55aaf4ece6Schristos- This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built 56aaf4ece6Schristos by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at 57aaf4ece6Schristos http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll 58aaf4ece6Schristos It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and 59aaf4ece6Schristos includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that 60aaf4ece6Schristos particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll. 61aaf4ece6Schristos 62aaf4ece6Schristos- The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible 63aaf4ece6Schristos versions of zlib.dll on the Internet. 64aaf4ece6Schristos 65aaf4ece6Schristos- There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one 66aaf4ece6Schristos is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file 67aaf4ece6Schristos win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution. 68aaf4ece6Schristos 69aaf4ece6Schristos- There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol 70aaf4ece6Schristos has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do 71aaf4ece6Schristos not define it here. 72aaf4ece6Schristos 73aaf4ece6Schristos 74aaf4ece6SchristosGilles Vollant 75aaf4ece6Schristosinfo@winimage.com 76*de1ce4f6Schristos 77*de1ce4f6SchristosVisual Studio 2013 and 2015 Projects from Sean Hunt 78*de1ce4f6Schristosseandhunt_7@yahoo.com 79