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    2:             -= Compiling LibAxl under Microsoft Windows =-
    3: 
    4: 1. Intro
    5: ~~~~~~~~
    6: 
    7:   There are two know ways to compile LibAxl under windows: using gcc
    8: tools, provided by the mingw project [1] or using one of the Microsoft
    9: C compilers. 
   10: 
   11:   In any case, you must take into consideration these basic steps for
   12: both:
   13: 
   14:   1) You must create an axl_config.h file, using the
   15:      axl_config_win32.h file provided. Just rename it. 
   16: 
   17:   2) If you are using Microsoft C compilers, you must ensure you can
   18:      have access to the _vscprintf function or not. If you can, which
   19:      is the recomended, you must define a preprocessor as follows:
   20:   
   21:         HAVE_VSCPRINTF
   22: 
   23:      See axl_stream_vprintf_len function inside the axl_stream.c
   24:      module to get a more accurate idea.
   25: 
   26:      If you can't get access to such function (which is relatively
   27:      recent), just do nothing. This will make Axl Library to use
   28:      default implementation for the axl_stream_strdup* family of
   29:      functions to be limited to 8192 bytes. 
   30: 
   31:      In many cases this isn't a problem, but you are adviced.
   32: 
   33: 2. GCC and Mingw
   34: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   35: 
   36:   This is default platform we are using to get LibAxl working under
   37: windows. It is showed to get really good results and good performance,
   38: however there is a problem. Gcc tools do not produce a debug
   39: information format that could be used by Microsoft tools. 
   40: 
   41:   Obviously, if this is not a problem for you, then you don't have any
   42: problem, and, under this situation we recomend to use gcc as default
   43: compilation tool.
   44: 
   45:   You can use files provided inside the src, ns and test directory to
   46: compile Axl: Makefile.win
   47: 
   48: 3. Microsoft compilers
   49: 
   50:   Axl library is tested to compile and run properly using Visual C 6.0,
   51: Visual Studio 2005 and its express edition.
   52: 
   53:   With the source code are provided visual studio project files to
   54: make it easy to compile LibAxl. See libaxl.sln under the top source
   55: directory.
   56: 
   57: 4. Testing build done
   58: 
   59:   Whatever you compiler is, you must execute the test_01 regression
   60: test, found inside the test directory to ensure your build will
   61: provide a proper function. All tests must be passed.
   62: 
   63: 5. Futher information and resources
   64: 
   65:   Remember you can get more information at [1], [2], [3] and [4]. 
   66: 
   67:   If you want commercial support, contact us directly at: info@aspl.es
   68: (either Spanish or English). 
   69: 
   70:   A limited community support, according to the colaboration received,
   71: is also provided at the mailing list [4].
   72: 
   73: 6. Resources
   74: 
   75:   [1] [Mingw project]         http://www.mingw.org
   76:   [2] [Axl library project]   http://xml.aspl.es
   77:   [3] [ASPL homwpage]         http://www.aspl.es
   78:   [3] [ASPL mailing list]     http://lists.aspl.es
   79: 
   80: --
   81: Francis Brosnan Blázquez
   82: francis@aspl.es