HI,

I like to link zlib into my application binary for windows (+mingw).

Where do I have to start, or can I just download some lib somewhere?

I tried to download libz1.dll, converted it with implib (from ftp.digitalmars.com/bup.zip) to libz1.lib.
But when I run the exe the zlib1.dll have to be in the same folder
or I get an error message instead.

Someone suggested building zlib statically with dmc.
But that looks like an long time adventure to figure out in detail. :]

mandel wrote:
> HI,
> 
> I like to link zlib into my application binary for windows (+mingw).
> 
> Where do I have to start, or can I just download some lib somewhere?
> 
> I tried to download libz1.dll, converted it with implib (from ftp.digitalmars.com/bup.zip) to libz1.lib.
> But when I run the exe the zlib1.dll have to be in the same folder
> or I get an error message instead.
> 
> Someone suggested building zlib statically with dmc.
> But that looks like an long time adventure to figure out in detail. :]
> 

nah it builds easily.

heres a lib i built months ago if youre lazy (no clue if it even works or its the right one heh): http://destroy.selfip.org/z_mars.lib

heres the script i used to build it (i probably copied dependencies around).

dmc -c adler32.c
dmc -c compress.c
dmc -c crc32.c
dmc -c deflate.c
dmc -c gzio.c
dmc -c infback.c
dmc -c inffast.c
dmc -c infflate.c
dmc -c inflate.c
dmc -c inftrees.c
dmc -c trees.c
dmc -c uncompr.c
dmc -c zutil.c
lib -c z_mars.lib *.obj

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:48:12 -0800, Neal Alexander wrote:

> http://destroy.selfip.org/z_mars.lib
thanks!

> 
> dmc -c adler32.c
> dmc -c compress.c
> dmc -c crc32.c
> dmc -c deflate.c
> dmc -c gzio.c
> dmc -c infback.c
> dmc -c inffast.c
> dmc -c infflate.c
> dmc -c inflate.c
> dmc -c inftrees.c
> dmc -c trees.c
> dmc -c uncompr.c
> dmc -c zutil.c
> lib -c z_mars.lib *.obj

that looks really easy indeed.
I tried it this way but get this error message:

C:\msys\1.0\home\Default\zlib-1.2.3>C:\msys\1.0\opt\dmc\dm\bin\dmc.exe -c
adler32.c
Error C:\msys\1.0\opt\dmc\dm\bin\..\include\unistd.h 6:  "unistd.h is not
for Windows use"
--- errorlevel 1