libidn: Installing under Windows

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1 1.7.1 Installing under Windows
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1 There are two ways to build Libidn on Windows: via MinGW or via Visual
1 Studio.
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1    With MinGW, you can build a Libidn DLL and use it from other
1 applications.  After installing MinGW (<http://mingw.org/>) follow the
1 generic installation instructions (⇒Downloading and Installing).
1 The DLL is installed by default.
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1    For information on how to use the DLL in other applications, see:
1 <http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll>.
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1    You can build Libidn as a native Visual Studio C++ project.  This
1 allows you to build the code for other platforms that VS supports, such
1 as Windows Mobile.  You need Visual Studio 2005 or later.
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1    First download and unpack the archive as described in the generic
1 installation instructions (⇒Downloading and Installing).  Don’t
1 run ‘./configure’.  Instead, start Visual Studio and open the project
1 file ‘windows/libidn.sln’ inside the Libidn directory.  You should be
1 able to build the project using Build Project.
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1    Output libraries will be written into the ‘windows/lib’ (or
1 ‘windows/lib/debug’ for Debug versions) folder.
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1    When working with Windows you may want to look into the special
11 memory handling functions that may be needed (⇒Memory handling
 under Windows).
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