zint/win32/zint_cmdline_vc6/readme.txt

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Harald Oehlmann
2021-06-10
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Why to use VC6 ?
It avoids DLL Hell as the runtime is present on all Windows Versions since XP.
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I compile on Windows 10 64 bit.
How to compile:
$ZR is the zint root folder (this file is in $ZR\win32\zint_cmdline_vc6)
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* get vc6 shell
(if not available in the Start Menu, open a Command Prompt and run
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\VCVARS32.BAT")
- API: add new zint_symbol `dpmm` field for output resolution (BMP/ EMF/PCX/PNG/TIF only, i.e. excluding EPS, GIF & SVG) - Add support for specifying scale by X-dimension and resolution with new option `--scalexdimdp` for CLI/Tcl & new API function `ZBarcode_Scale_From_XdimDp()` (+ `ZBarcode_XdimDp_From_Scale()` & `ZBarcode_Default_Xdim()`) and new GUI popup; manual: document - BMP/EMF/PCX/PNG/TIF: use new `dpmm` resolution field (for EMF following Inkscape) - backend_qt: add `dpmm()`, `vectorWidth()`, `vectorHeight()`, `noPng()`, `getVersion()`, `takesGS1AIData()`, & `XdimDp` stuff incl. new `QZintXdimDp` struct for passing around scale vars & use in `getAsCLI()`; add comments - Raise `scale` limit to 200 (from 100) to allow for large dpmm - output: create directories & subdirectories as necessary for output path using new function `out_fopen()` and use in BMP/EMF/ EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF - DPLEIT/DPIDENT: format HRT according to (incomplete) documentation, and set default height to 72X (from 50X) - CODE128B renamed to CODE128AB as can use subsets A and/or B - CODABAR: fix minimum height calc - EMF: fix indexing of handles (zero-based not 1-based) - GUI: fix symbology zap (previous technique of clearing and re-loading settings without doing a sync no longer works); fix UPCEAN guard descent enable - MAILMARK: better error message if input < 14 characters - GUI: add "Default" button for DAFT tracker ratio & enable/disable various default buttons; use new `takesGS1AIData()` to enable/disable GS1-specific checkboxes - CLI: use new `validate_float()` to parse float options (7 significant digits allowed only, no scientific notation) - DATAMATRIX/GRIDMATRIX/PDF417/QR/ULTRA: micro-optimize structapp ID parse - library/CLI: fiddle with static asserts (make CHAR_BIT sensitive, supposedly) - win32/README: update building libpng (assembly removed) - README.linux: document incompatibility of Qt6 >= 6.3 - manual: expand Barcode Studio waffle - test suite: change range separator to hyphen and allow multiple excludes
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a) zlib (current version: 1.2.13)
* put zlib to $ZR\..\zlib
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cd $ZR\..\zlib
nmake -f win32\Makefile.msc
-> generates zlib.lib, zlib1.dll
- API: add new zint_symbol `dpmm` field for output resolution (BMP/ EMF/PCX/PNG/TIF only, i.e. excluding EPS, GIF & SVG) - Add support for specifying scale by X-dimension and resolution with new option `--scalexdimdp` for CLI/Tcl & new API function `ZBarcode_Scale_From_XdimDp()` (+ `ZBarcode_XdimDp_From_Scale()` & `ZBarcode_Default_Xdim()`) and new GUI popup; manual: document - BMP/EMF/PCX/PNG/TIF: use new `dpmm` resolution field (for EMF following Inkscape) - backend_qt: add `dpmm()`, `vectorWidth()`, `vectorHeight()`, `noPng()`, `getVersion()`, `takesGS1AIData()`, & `XdimDp` stuff incl. new `QZintXdimDp` struct for passing around scale vars & use in `getAsCLI()`; add comments - Raise `scale` limit to 200 (from 100) to allow for large dpmm - output: create directories & subdirectories as necessary for output path using new function `out_fopen()` and use in BMP/EMF/ EPS/GIF/PCX/PNG/SVG/TIF - DPLEIT/DPIDENT: format HRT according to (incomplete) documentation, and set default height to 72X (from 50X) - CODE128B renamed to CODE128AB as can use subsets A and/or B - CODABAR: fix minimum height calc - EMF: fix indexing of handles (zero-based not 1-based) - GUI: fix symbology zap (previous technique of clearing and re-loading settings without doing a sync no longer works); fix UPCEAN guard descent enable - MAILMARK: better error message if input < 14 characters - GUI: add "Default" button for DAFT tracker ratio & enable/disable various default buttons; use new `takesGS1AIData()` to enable/disable GS1-specific checkboxes - CLI: use new `validate_float()` to parse float options (7 significant digits allowed only, no scientific notation) - DATAMATRIX/GRIDMATRIX/PDF417/QR/ULTRA: micro-optimize structapp ID parse - library/CLI: fiddle with static asserts (make CHAR_BIT sensitive, supposedly) - win32/README: update building libpng (assembly removed) - README.linux: document incompatibility of Qt6 >= 6.3 - manual: expand Barcode Studio waffle - test suite: change range separator to hyphen and allow multiple excludes
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b) lpng (current version: 1.6.39)
* put libpng to $ZR\..\lpng
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cd $ZR\..\lpng
nmake -f scripts\makefile.vcwin32
-> generates $ZR\..\lpng\libpng.lib
c) open zint_cmdline_vc6.dsw in this folder with the msvc6 gui and compile