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    2:                    Using a Borland compiler product
    3: 
    4: The files in this directory support using both the free Borland command-line
    5: compiler tools and the Borland C++ Builder IDE.  The project files have been
    6: tested with both versions 5 and 6 of the C++ Builder product.
    7: 
    8:              Using the free BCC32 command line compiler
    9: 
   10: After downloading and installing the free C++ Builder commandline version,
   11: perform the following steps (assuming it was installed under C:\Borland\BCC55):
   12: 
   13: 1) Add "C:\Borland\BCC55\BIN" to your path
   14: 2) Set the environment variable BCB to "C:\Borland\BCC55".
   15: 3) edit makefile.mak: enable or comment out the appropriate commands under
   16:    clean & distclean, depending on whether your OS can use deltree /y or
   17:    del /s/f/q.
   18: 
   19: After that, you should simply cd to the bcb5 directory in your Expat directory
   20: tree (same structure as CVS) and run "make all" or just "make".
   21: 
   22:                                Naming
   23: 
   24: The libraries have the base name "libexpat" followed optionally by an "s"
   25: (static) or a "w" (unicode version), then an underscore and optionally
   26: "mt" (multi-threaded) and "d" (dynamic RTL).
   27: 
   28: To change the name of the library a project file produces, edit the project
   29: option source (see step 1 under Unicode below) and change the name contained in
   30: the PROJECT tag. In a make file, change the value assigned to the PROJECT
   31: variable. Also, the LIBRARY entry in the .def file has to be changed to
   32: correspond to the new executable name.
   33: 
   34: 
   35:                        Unicode Considerations
   36: 
   37: There are no facilities in the BCB 5 GUI to create a unicode-enabled
   38: application. Fortunately, it is not hard to do by hand.
   39: 
   40: 1. The startup .obj system file must be changed to the unicode version.
   41:    Go to Project|Edit Option Source, and scroll down to the ALLOBJ tag. Change
   42:    c0x32.obj to c0x32w.obj. Editing this file can be quirky, but usually the
   43:    following kludge will make the change stick. Close and save the file
   44:    (CTRL-F4) then open the options dialog (CTRL-Shift-F11), then click OK on
   45:    the dialog immediately without changing anything in it. If this doesn't work,
   46:    you will have to close the project completely and edit the .bpr file by hand.
   47: 
   48:    If you are using a make file, just change the startup .obj file assigned
   49:    to the ALLOBJ variable.
   50: 
   51: 2. Add the macro define XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T. In the GUI that goes in the options
   52:    dialog, Directories/Conditionals tab, in the Conditional define box. In a
   53:    make file, put it in the USERDEFINES variable.
   54: 
   55: 3. Of course, your code has to be written for unicode. As a start, the "main"
   56:    function is called "wmain". The tchar macros are an interesting way to
   57:    write code that can easily switch between unicode and utf-8. If these macros
   58:    are used, then simply adding the conditional define _UNICODE as well as
   59:    XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T will bring in the unicode versions of the tchar macros.
   60:    Otherwise the utf-8 versions are used. xmlwf uses its own versions of the
   61:    tchar macros which are switched on and off by the XML_UNICODE macro, which
   62:    itself is set by the XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T define.
   63: 
   64:                               Threading
   65: 
   66: The libexpat libraries are all built to link with the multi-threaded dynamic RTL's.
   67: That means they require CC32xxMT.DLL present on the installation target.
   68: To create single-threaded libs, do the following:
   69: 
   70: 1. The compiler option for multi-threading must be turned off. Following the
   71:    instructions above to edit the option source, remove the -tWM option from
   72:    the CFLAG1 tag. In a make file, remove it from the CFLAG1 variable.
   73: 
   74: 2. The single threaded RTL must be called. change the RTL in the ALLLIB tag or
   75:    variable (GUI or makefile repectively) to the version without the "mt" in the
   76:    name. For example, change cw32mti.lib to cw32i.lib.
   77: 
   78:                               Static RTL's
   79: 
   80: To build the libs with static RTL's do the following,
   81: 
   82: 1. For the static expatlibs, in the Tlib tab on the options dialog, uncheck the
   83:    "Use dynamic RTL" box. For the dynamic expatlibs, in the Linker tab on the
   84:    options dialog, uncheck "Use dynamic RTL". If you are using a make file,
   85:    remove the _RTLDLL assignment to the SYSDEFINES variable, and change the RTL
   86:    to the version without an "i" in the ALLLIB variable. For example,
   87:    cw32mti.lib would become cw32mt.lib.