linking zlib help needed

[mmakrzem]

A while ago, I posted a question about compressing data: http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showth...rary&p=1451999

I've decided to look into zlib to see if I can get it to work. I downloaded the zlib compiled DLL, version 1.2.5 from http://zlib.net/

I created a new Visual Studio 2008 project, added the zconf.h and zlib.h files to my project and linked the zdll.lib file.

When I build my project in Debug I get one warning:
zdll.lib(d000003.o) : warning LNK4078: multiple '.text' sections found with different attributes (E0300020)

The program "appears" to run okay and it can compress and uncompress data.

If I build my project in Release I get a slighly different warning:
msvcprt.lib(MSVCP90.dll) : warning LNK4078: multiple '.text' sections found with different attributes (60201020)

The program crashes when I run it.

It seems to me that the problem is one in the same which I can't figure out how to fix.

I also tried using Visual C++ 2010 Express but I get the same warning and same crashing problem.
Can anyone help me?

[ComicSansMS]

sounds like the linker does not like your binaries.

compiling zlib manually should resolve the problem.

[mmakrzem]

I downloaded the zlib source code to recompile the binaries. I read the help file in the source code to figure out how to recompile zlib and it says "To build zlib using the Microsoft Visual C++ environment, use the appropriate project from the projects/ directory."

Unfortunately, there is no "projects/" directory in the included source so I can't compile the source!

[ComicSansMS]

the readme is slightly outdated. look for contrib/vstudio instead.