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+Build Instructions For XML-RPC For C/C++ On Windows
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+
+The following instructions do not fully work in this release. There
+is no trivial way to build this release for Windows. The last release
+that was known to build without special effort on the part of the user
+is 1.02.
+
+Since then, nobody has maintained the code for Windows, and changes that
+were made for other platforms broke some things for Windows. Most likely,
+anyone with a passing knowledge of building C code on Windows could
+update this code to work on Windows without any in-depth study of it. If
+you do so, please contribute your work to save other users the trouble.
+
+The majority of the work that needs to be done to make the code build on
+Windows is simply adjusting project files to reflect the fact that files
+have been created, deleted, and moved since they were written.
+
+
+This release includes the option to compile an "http.sys" version of an
+XML-RPC server. If you do not wish to build in the http.sys server,
+set the MUST_BUILD_HTTP_SYS_SERVER to 0 in the transport_config_win32.h and/or
+the transport_config.h file. Successful conpilation requires installation
+of the Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2 (or later) to get the latest
+header and link libraries required to support this functionality. After
+installation, be sure to properly register the directories as documented
+in the Platform SDK help file topic "Installing the Platform SDK with
+Visual Studio". Download the Platform SDK from:
+http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/
+
+To create the three headers required for Win32 WinInet compilation, run the
+ConfigureWin32.bat found in the Windows directory. If you wish to alter the
+transports that are built to include curl or libwww, adjust the preprocessor
+definitions at the top of the transport_config_win32.h and/or
+the transport_config.h files. See the file UsingCURLinWin32.txt for
+more information on using the curl transport.
+
+To compile, open the xmlrpc.dsw file in Visual Studio 6 or greater. The
+project will convert and work fine in Visual Studio 2003 as well -
+other versions of Visual Studio were not tested.
+NOTE: If you get an error while opening or converting the project files,
+it is likely due to using WinRar or similar to decompress the distribution
+tarball. You can use WinZip or another utility to correctly decompress the
+.tgz file.
+
+Suggested testing for evaluation of the library involves a few projects.
+Here is a quick getting started guide:
+
+1) Set the Active Project to query_meerkat and build it in release or debug
+ modes. The dependent projects will be built automatically. In the
+ project settings dialog, add the argument for what you wish to query
+ meerkat for - "Windows" is a good query. Run the project. This will
+ query the meerkat server for articles related to windows and output the
+ results to the console.
+
+2) Set the Active Project to xmlrpc_sample_add_server and build it in
+ release or debug modes. The dependent projects will be built
+ automatically. In the project settings dialog, add the argument for
+ the port to 8080. This will run the server sample which adds two
+ numbers and returns a result. You should run this from a command
+ prompt instead of through Visual Studio so you may run the sample
+ client as well.
+
+3) Set the Active Project to xmlrpc_sample_add_sync_client or
+ xmlrpc_sample_add_async_client and build it in release or debug modes.
+ The dependent projects will be built automatically. This will run
+ the client sample which submits two numbers to be added to the server
+ application as described above and displays the result. Note that the
+ client example comes in the sync and async varieties.
+
+Steven Bone
+July 27, 2005
+sbone@pobox.com
+
+WIN32 CHANGES
+
+Changes from the 1.02 release for Win32:
+1) Option to easily disable the http.sys server for those who do not need
+ it or wish to download the Platform SDK.
+
+Changes from the 1.01 -> 1.02 release for Win32:
+1) Project files for gennmtab, xmlparse, and xmltok updated to include the
+ path to the xmlrpc_config.h file.
+2) Bugfix for WinInet authentication.
+3) Supports xmlrpc_xportparms, xmlrpc_wininet_xportparms added
+ *potential breaking change* - now by default we fail on invalid
+ SSL certs, use the xmlrpc_wininet_xportparms option to enable old
+ behavior.
+4) Added project file for xmlrpc_sample_auth_client
+5) Added project and src for a http.sys based xmlrpc-c server. See comments
+ in the source files. This supports Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server
+ 2003 and allows other http.sys based applications to bind to the same
+ port. In Server 2003, IIS uses http.sys and thus the XML-RPC server
+ can be run on the standard port 80 along with IIS. The sample also
+ supports https and basic authentication. It tested OK with
+ http://validator.xmlrpc.com/ Note that the Platform SDK headers and
+ link libraries for Windows XP SP2 or newer are required to compile
+ xmlrpc-c for this module. If you are not using this server, it is
+ safe to exclude the xmlrpc_server_w32httpsys.c file from the xmlrpc
+ project and these dependencies will not be required. You can get the
+ latest platform SDK at
+ http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/
+ Be sure after installation to choose the program to "register the PSDK
+ directories with Visual Studio" so the newer headers are found.
+6) Better support for libcurl. Updated project files, transport_config_win32.h,
+ added documentation UsingCURLinWin32.txt.
+
+Changes from the 1.00 -> 1.01 release for Win32:
+1) Project files now reflect static linking for the expat XML library.
+2) Example projects were created/updated to keep them in sync with the
+ distribution. The project files were moved into the .\Windows
+ directory
+3) Projects for the rpc and cpp tests were created. The
+ xmlrpc_win32_config.h defines the directory for the test files relative
+ to the output directory
+4) Major refactoring of the Wininet Transport.
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