Re: [xml] Building libxml2 with static iconv.lib on windows

[john blair <mailtome200420032002 yahoo com>]

Ahhhhh...I was building libxml2 with iconv.h.msvc-shared. Thanks a lot Martin. Your steps helped me to 
pinpoint the problem. 

--- On Sun, 6/21/09, Martin (gzlist) <gzlist googlemail com> wrote:

> From: Martin (gzlist) <gzlist googlemail com>
> Subject: Re: [xml] Building libxml2 with static iconv.lib on windows
> To: "john blair" <mailtome200420032002 yahoo com>
> Cc: xml gnome org
> Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 6:07 AM
> 2009/6/20 john blair <mailtome200420032002 yahoo com>:
> > Thanks for the reply Martin.
> > I was able to build libxml2. The problem is I think it
> gets linked with iconv.dll instead of the static iconv.lib.
> The sample program (http://xmlsoft.org/examples/index.html#testWriter.c)
> when built gives the __imp__ errors related to iconv.
> > I am using visual studio 2005, libxml2-2.6.30, and
> iconv-1.9.2
>
> That's nowhere near enough detail for me to guess what
> you're doing
> wrong, but here's what works for me given those versions.
> The attached
> batch script is what I did, and the log is the result. Not
> sure how
> good testWriter is at actually seeing if iconv is working,
> but it
> builds and runs for me.
>
> Martin