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+Microsoft Developer Studio Project Files, Format Version 6.00 for zlib.\r
+\r
+Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Simon-Pierre Cadieux.\r
+Copyright (C) 2004 Cosmin Truta.\r
+For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h.\r
+\r
+\r
+This project builds the zlib binaries as follows:\r
+\r
+* Win32_DLL_Release\zlib1.dll DLL build\r
+* Win32_DLL_Debug\zlib1d.dll DLL build (debug version)\r
+* Win32_DLL_ASM_Release\zlib1.dll DLL build using ASM code\r
+* Win32_DLL_ASM_Debug\zlib1d.dll DLL build using ASM code (debug version)\r
+* Win32_LIB_Release\zlib.lib static build\r
+* Win32_LIB_Debug\zlibd.lib static build (debug version)\r
+* Win32_LIB_ASM_Release\zlib.lib static build using ASM code\r
+* Win32_LIB_ASM_Debug\zlibd.lib static build using ASM code (debug version)\r
+\r
+\r
+For more information regarding the DLL builds, please see the DLL FAQ\r
+in ..\..\win32\DLL_FAQ.txt.\r
+\r
+\r
+To build and test:\r
+\r
+1) On the main menu, select "File | Open Workspace".\r
+ Open "zlib.dsw".\r
+\r
+2) Select "Build | Set Active Configuration".\r
+ Choose the configuration you wish to build.\r
+\r
+3) Select "Build | Clean".\r
+\r
+4) Select "Build | Build ... (F7)". Ignore warning messages about\r
+ not being able to find certain include files (e.g. alloc.h).\r
+\r
+5) If you built one of the sample programs (example or minigzip),\r
+ select "Build | Execute ... (Ctrl+F5)".\r
+\r
+\r
+To use:\r
+\r
+1) Select "Project | Settings (Alt+F7)".\r
+ Make note of the configuration names used in your project.\r
+ Usually, these names are "Win32 Release" and "Win32 Debug".\r
+\r
+2) In the Workspace window, select the "FileView" tab.\r
+ Right-click on the root item "Workspace '...'".\r
+ Select "Insert Project into Workspace".\r
+ Switch on the checkbox "Dependency of:", and select the name\r
+ of your project. Open "zlib.dsp".\r
+\r
+3) Select "Build | Configurations".\r
+ For each configuration of your project:\r
+ 3.1) Choose the zlib configuration you wish to use.\r
+ 3.2) Click on "Add".\r
+ 3.3) Set the new zlib configuration name to the name used by\r
+ the configuration from the current iteration.\r
+\r
+4) Select "Build | Set Active Configuration".\r
+ Choose the configuration you wish to build.\r
+\r
+5) Select "Build | Build ... (F7)".\r
+\r
+6) If you built an executable program, select\r
+ "Build | Execute ... (Ctrl+F5)".\r
+\r
+\r
+Note:\r
+\r
+To build the ASM-enabled code, you need Microsoft Assembler\r
+(ML.EXE). You can get it by downloading and installing the\r
+latest Processor Pack for Visual C++ 6.0.\r