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diff --git a/projects/README b/projects/README index b45d78397..f83302813 100644 --- a/projects/README +++ b/projects/README @@ -88,6 +88,46 @@ Building with Visual C++ well as a configuration that includes both, it is recommend that you use the all-in-one configuration. +Running DLL based configurations +================================ + + If you are a developer and plan to run the curl tool from Visual Studio (eg + you are debugging) with any third-party libraries (such as OpenSSL, wolfSSL + or LibSSH2) then you will need to add the search path of these DLLs to the + configuration's PATH environment. To do that: + + * Open the 'curl-all.sln' or 'curl.sln' solutions + + * Right-click on the 'curl' project and select Properties + + * Navigate to 'Configuration Properties > Debugging > Environment' + + * Add PATH='Path to DLL';C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows; + C:\Windows\System32\Wbem + + ... where 'Path to DLL` is the configuration specific path. For example the + following configurations in Visual Studio 2010 might be: + + DLL Debug - DLL OpenSSL (Win32): + PATH=..\..\..\..\..\openssl\build\Win32\VC10\DLL Debug;C:\Windows\system32; + C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem + + DLL Debug - DLL OpenSSL (x64): + PATH=..\..\..\..\..\openssl\build\Win64\VC10\DLL Debug;C:\Windows\system32; + C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem + + DLL Debug - DLL wolfSSL (Win32): + PATH=..\..\..\..\..\wolfssl\build\Win32\VC10\DLL Debug;C:\Windows\system32; + C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem + + DLL Debug - DLL wolfSSL (x64): + PATH=..\..\..\..\..\wolfssl\build\Win64\VC10\DLL Debug;C:\Windows\system32; + C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem + + If you are using a configuration that uses multiple third-party library DLLs + (such as DLL Debug - DLL OpenSSL - DLL LibSSH2) then 'Path to DLL' will need + to contain the path to both of these. + Notes ===== @@ -110,6 +150,16 @@ Notes stored in the git repositoty) will need to be modified rather than the generated project files that Visual Studio uses. +Legacy Windows and SSL +====================== + + Some of the project configurations allow the use of WinSSL (specifically + SChannel from Windows SSPI), the native SSL library in Windows. However, + WinSSL in Windows <= XP is unable to connect to servers that no longer + support the legacy handshakes and algorithms used by those versions. If + you will be using curl in one of those earlier versions of Windows you + should choose another SSL backend such as OpenSSL. + TODO ==== @@ -121,5 +171,6 @@ TODO * Generate *.vcxproj.filters files for VC10, VC11 and VC12 * Add the Test Suite components * Support for other development IDEs + * Add PATH environment variables for third-party DLLs Any additional help would be appreciated ;-)
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