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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4767a06787e --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +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 == +http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ += central place referenced a lot in the MSDN but the link is broken + +http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-x86.exe +http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-amd64.exe +http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-ia64.exe += Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Web Install (win32/win64/.. - but SDK for all CPU types) + +http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-x86.exe +http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-ia64.exe +http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-amd64.exe += Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK Web Install (win32/win64/.. - but SDK for all CPU types) + +http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A97854B7DD18/VC.iso += Visual C++ Express CD-image +http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/6/F/C6F4733B-67C7-4C15-9F21-61F7A3167505/VCS.iso += Visual C# Express CD-image + +http://zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip (broken) +http://zlib.net/zlib125-dll.zip += unpack one of them into zzip-0/zlib (if using the subversion checkout) + +== Environment Variables == +On Windows-7 the environment variables can be found in the +control panel > system information > change name settings > extras tab > click button + +== Debug Variables == +To run the zziptest for debugging the solution file has now a setting +in Properties > Debugging > Environment > PATH=$(InputDir)\..\zlib\ +so that the zlib1.dll can be found. This needs to be adapted if the +zlib123-dll.zip was unpackaged somewhere else. + +== Compiling Error == +'can not delete debug/*.idb' - occurs when running MSVC in a VMWare box +pointing to a Unix drive; create a symlink `ln -s Debug debug` to fix it. +There are Pre/Post-Build Rules to remove *.idb but sometimes its left over. |