| 1 | Building instructions for the DLL versions of Zlib 1.3.1 |
| 2 | ======================================================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This directory contains projects that build zlib and minizip using |
| 5 | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0/10.0. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | You don't need to build these projects yourself. You can download the |
| 8 | binaries from: |
| 9 | http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
| 10 | |
| 11 | More information can be found at this site. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2008 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
| 18 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 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" |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2010 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
| 24 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 25 | - Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| 26 | - Open contrib\vstudio\vc10\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2012 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
| 29 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | - Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| 31 | - Open contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2013 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
| 34 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 35 | - Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| 36 | - Open contrib\vstudio\vc12\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2015 (32 bits or 64 bits) |
| 39 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 40 | - Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| 41 | - Open contrib\vstudio\vc14\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Build instructions for Visual Studio 2022 (64 bits) |
| 44 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 45 | - Decompress current zlib, including all contrib/* files |
| 46 | - Open contrib\vstudio\vc143\zlibvc.sln with Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 |
| 47 | |
| 48 | |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Important |
| 51 | --------- |
| 52 | - To use zlibwapi.dll in your application, you must define the |
| 53 | macro ZLIB_WINAPI when compiling your application's source files. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Additional notes |
| 57 | ---------------- |
| 58 | - This DLL, named zlibwapi.dll, is compatible to the old zlib.dll built |
| 59 | by Gilles Vollant from the zlib 1.1.x sources, and distributed at |
| 60 | http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll |
| 61 | It uses the WINAPI calling convention for the exported functions, and |
| 62 | includes the minizip functionality. If your application needs that |
| 63 | particular build of zlib.dll, you can rename zlibwapi.dll to zlib.dll. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | - The new DLL was renamed because there exist several incompatible |
| 66 | versions of zlib.dll on the Internet. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | - There is also an official DLL build of zlib, named zlib1.dll. This one |
| 69 | is exporting the functions using the CDECL convention. See the file |
| 70 | win32\DLL_FAQ.txt found in this zlib distribution. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | - There used to be a ZLIB_DLL macro in zlib 1.1.x, but now this symbol |
| 73 | has a slightly different effect. To avoid compatibility problems, do |
| 74 | not define it here. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Gilles Vollant |
| 78 | info@winimage.com |
| 79 | |
| 80 | Visual Studio 2013, 2015, and 2022 Projects from Sean Hunt |
| 81 | seandhunt_7@yahoo.com |