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How to Build libiconv with Microsoft Visual Studio
By
PARK Youngho,
21 Dec 2011
4.38 (11 votes)
About Article
The GNU library libiconv
does not provide the way to
build the library with
Microsoft Visual Studio
now. But, I want to share
my way to do so
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Introduction
L b c n
is one of the most useful and famous libraries that converts texts between encodings and has been
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developed under GNU projects. However, now it does not provide the way to build it with Microsoft Visual Studio but
with gcc. Before, it had provided but now stopped explaining how to build it with Microsoft Visual Studio. However,
many of the computer programmers are using Microsoft Visual Studio and want to build
l b c n
with Microsoft
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Visual Studio. So, this article is about how to build
l b c n
with Microsoft Visual Studio. If you can build
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l b c n
with Microsoft Visual Studio, you will be able to change various compilation options and build it in order
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to optimize
l b c n
according to your preference and needs.
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Background
If you have no idea about
l b c n
, you can refer to it
here
or you can Google for it. You may be confused with
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i o v
and
l b c n
.
I o v
is the executable program that uses
l b c n
while
l b c n
is the library for
cn
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converting text strings between two different encodings. This article is related to
l b c n
. However, this article is
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not about
l b c n
but about how to build
l b c n
with Microsoft Visual Studio. The GNU library
l b c n
is
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under LGPL license. So, you have to be really careful when you use
l b c n
for your commercial use or when you
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don't want to publicize your source code. About LPGL license, you can refer
here.
How to Get the Source Code of libiconv
At the moment, the most recent version of
l b c n
is 1.14. You can download the source code of
l b c n
1.14
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here
and
here.
Of course, you can get the older versions of
l b c n
here.
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How to Build
I am going to explain the case of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 professional edition but the explanation can be applied
to the earlier versions of Microsoft Visual Studio and to the express edition of each of them.
First Step
You download the most recent version of
l b c n
which is 1.14 from
here
or
here.
And unzip the downloaded file
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"libiconv-1.14.tar.gz" on your certain folder.
Second Step
You run your Microsoft Visual Studio. Then, you make a new
W N 2
project. Let's say "
l b c n
" as the project
I3
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name. Check to create directory for solution. Choose DLL as the application type and check Empty project for
additional options. Click the button "finish" to generate the new project.
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Third Step
Now, you have to copy some files from the folders generated by unzipping "libiconv-1.14.tar.gz" to the project
folders. To build "
l b c n
", you need to compile three files "localcharset.c", "relocatable.c" and "iconv.c". That is the
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key idea!
Copy three files "relocatable.h", "relocatable.c" and "iconv.c" in the folder "...\libiconv-1.14\lib\" to the project folder
"...\libiconv\libiconv\".
Copy "...\libiconv-1.14\libcharset\lib\localcharset.c" to the project folder "...\libiconv\libiconv\".
Copy "...\libiconv-1.14\libcharset\include\localcharset.h.build.in" to the project folder "...\libiconv\libiconv\" and
then, rename the copied "localcharset.h.build.in" to "localcharset.h.
Copy "...\libiconv-1.14\windows\libiconv.rc" to the project folder "...\libiconv\libiconv\".
Make folder "include" under the project folder "...\libiconv\" so to make "...\libiconv\include".
Copy "...\libiconv-1.14\include\iconv.h.build.in" to the project include folder "...\libiconv\include" and then, rename
the copied "iconv.h.build.in" to "iconv.h".
Copy "...\libiconv-1.14\config.h.in" to the project include folder "...\libiconv\include" and then, rename the copied
"config.h.in" to "config.h".
And then, copy all the header files (*.h) and definition files (*.def) in the folder "...\libiconv-1.14\lib" to the project
include folder "...\libiconv\include".
Fourth Step
Now, you have to add existing items to the project "
l b c n
" that we made at the second step. Execute "project >
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Add Existing items..." at the main menu to add existing items to the project.
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