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diff --git a/lib/expat/win32/README.txt b/lib/expat/win32/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2cad767ce --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/expat/win32/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ + +Expat can be built on Windows in three ways: + using MS Visual C++ (6.0 or .NET), Borland C++ Builder 5 or Cygwin. + +* Cygwin: + This follows the Unix build procedures. + +* C++ Builder 5: + Possible with make files in the BCB5 subdirectory. + Details can be found in the ReadMe file located there. + +* MS Visual C++ 6: + Based on the workspace file expat.dsw. The related project + files (.dsp) are located in the lib subdirectory. + +* MS Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, 2005: + The VC++ 6 workspace file (expat.dsw) and project files (.dsp) + can be opened and imported in VS.NET without problems. + +* Creating MinGW dynamic libraries from MS VC++ DLLs: + + On the command line, execute these steps: + pexports libexpat.dll > expat.def + pexports libexpatw.dll > expatw.def + dlltool -d expat.def -l libexpat.a + dlltool -d expatw.def -l libexpatw.a + + The *.a files are mingw libraries. + +* Special note about MS VC++ and runtime libraries: + + There are three possible configurations: using the + single threaded or multithreaded run-time library, + or using the multi-threaded run-time Dll. That is, + one can build three different Expat libraries depending + on the needs of the application. + + Dynamic Linking: + + By default the Expat Dlls are built to link statically + with the multi-threaded run-time library. + The libraries are named + - libexpat(w).dll + - libexpat(w).lib (import library) + The "w" indicates the UTF-16 version of the library. + + One rarely uses other versions of the Dll, but they can + be built easily by specifying a different RTL linkage in + the IDE on the C/C++ tab under the category Code Generation. + + Static Linking: + + The libraries should be named like this: + Single-theaded: libexpat(w)ML.lib + Multi-threaded: libexpat(w)MT.lib + Multi-threaded Dll: libexpat(w)MD.lib + The suffixes conform to the compiler switch settings + /ML, /MT and /MD for MS VC++. + + Note: In Visual Studio 2005 (Visual C++ 8.0) and later, the + single-threaded runtime library is not supported anymore. + + By default, the expat-static and expatw-static projects are set up + to link statically against the multithreaded run-time library, + so they will build libexpatMT.lib or libexpatwMT.lib files. + + To build the other versions of the static library, + go to Project - Settings: + - specify a different RTL linkage on the C/C++ tab + under the category Code Generation. + - then, on the Library tab, change the output file name + accordingly, as described above + + An application linking to the static libraries must + have the global macro XML_STATIC defined. |