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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/zziplib/msvc8/README.TXT b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/msvc8/README.TXT new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dbbd5febabf --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/msvc8/README.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +These project files were tested with the +free Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. + +Visual C++ Express does NOT include the Win32 SDK Headers. +They must be downloaded separately as documented in the +installation instructions at Microsoft - consequently that +extra installation must be referenced via a system variable: +Set MSSdk=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK + +In order to compile you need a valid Zlib SDK - you can +download it from zlib.org in the archive zlib123-dll.zip - +I had unpacked them to $(zziplibdir)/zlib inside the +toplevel of the zziplib source tree. That SDK does ship +with a "zlib1.dll" runtime and "zdll.lib" import library. + +The new Visual Studio has depracated most of the Win32 API +just as well as most of the Posix API. That provokes a lot +of warning message in surplus of the many warning message +that occur on every implicit conversion between signed and +unsigned types. Other compilers are more clever about +detecting real conversion issues, therefore they are not +going to be "patched away" with an explicit conversion in +the source files (I expect Microsoft to get it right somewhen). + +== Download Places == +download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/ +PSDK-x86.exe = Win32 SDK - online installer +download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A97854B7DD18/ +VC.iso = Visual C++ Express CD-image +download.microsoft.com/download/C/6/F/C6F4733B-67C7-4C15-9F21-61F7A3167505/ +VCS.iso = Visual C# Express CD-image |