README.win32

Installation on Win32 (WinNT, Win95/98):

Here are instructions for compiling libiconv as a static library. If you
want to create it as a shared library (DLL), you are on your own; patches
are welcome.

- Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0.

- Cannot build in a separate directory.

- Build instructions:

   Make sure that the MSVC4.0 or MSVC5.0 or MSVC6.0 utilities ("cl" etc.) are
   found in PATH.

   For shared library (DLL):

        nmake -f Makefile.msvc
   or
        nmake -f Makefile.msvc check               [This runs the testsuite.]

   For static library:

        nmake -f Makefile.msvc STATIC=1
   or
        nmake -f Makefile.msvc STATIC=1 check      [This runs the testsuite.]

   If you want to build both the shared and static library, you have to
   unpack the libiconv sources twice in different directories. Don't mix
   the two formats; you cannot use the iconv.h generated for the static
   library together with the shared library or vice versa.

- Installation:

   Copy include/iconv.h to your header file repository.
   Copy src/iconv.lib to your library repository.
   If you built for shared library, also copy src/iconv.dll into one of the
   directories listed in your PATH, or into the directory containing the
   executable which shall make use of libiconv.