calibre/setup/installer/windows/notes.rst

Notes on setting up the windows development environment
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Set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to C:\cygwin\home\kovid\sw

jpeg-7
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Copy 
jconfig.vc to jconfig.h, makejsln.vc9 to jpeg.sln,
makeasln.vc9 to apps.sln, makejvcp.vc9 to jpeg.vcproj,
makecvcp.vc9 to cjpeg.vcproj, makedvcp.vc9 to djpeg.vcproj,
maketvcp.vc9 to jpegtran.vcproj, makervcp.vc9 to rdjpgcom.vcproj, and
makewvcp.vc9 to wrjpgcom.vcproj.  (Note that the renaming is critical!)

Load jpeg.sln in Visual Studio

Goto Project->Properties->General Properties and change Configuration Type to dll

Add 

#define USE_WINDOWS_MESSAGEBOX

to jconfig.h (this will cause error messages to show up in a box)

Change the definitions of GLOBAL and EXTERN in jmorecfg.h to
#define GLOBAL(type)        __declspec(dllexport) type
#define EXTERN(type)        extern __declspec(dllexport) type

cp build/jpeg-7/Release/jpeg.dll bin/
cp build/jpeg-7/Release/jpeg.lib build/jpeg-7/Release/jpeg.exp
cp build/jpeg-7/jerror.h build/jpeg-7/jpeglib.h build/jpeg-7/jconfig.h build/jpeg-7/jmorecfg.h include/

zlib
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nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc
nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc test

cp zlib1.dll* ../../bin
cp zlib.lib zdll.* ../../lib
cp zconf.h zlib.h ../../include


libpng
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cp scripts/CMakelists.txt .
mkdir build
Run cmake-gui.exe with source directory . and build directory build
You will have to point to sw/lib/zdll.lib and sw/include for zlib
Also disable PNG_NO_STDIO and PNG_NO_CONSOLE_IO

Now open PNG.sln in VS2008
Set Build type to Release

cp build/libpng-1.2.40/build/Release/libpng12.dll bin/
cp build/libpng-1.2.40/build/Release/png12.* lib/
cp build/libpng-1.2.40/png.h build/libpng-1.2.40/pngconf.h include/

freetype
-----------

Edit *all copies* of the file ftoption.h and add to generate a .lib
and a correct dll

#define FT_EXPORT(return_type) __declspec(dllexport) return_type 
#define FT_EXPORT_DEF(return_type) __declspec(dllexport) return_type


VS 2008 .sln file is present, open it

Change active build type to release mutithreaded

Project->Properties->Configuration Properties 
change configuration type to dll

cp build/freetype-2.3.9/objs/release_mt/freetype.dll bin/

Now change configuration back to static for .lib
cp build/freetype-2.3.9/objs/win32/vc2008/freetype239MT.lib lib/
cp -rf build/freetype-2.3.9/include/* include/

expat
--------

Has a VC 6 project file expat.dsw

Set active build to Relase and change build type to dll

cp build/expat-2.0.1/win32/bin/Release/*.lib lib/
cp build/expat-2.0.1/win32/bin/Release/*.exp lib/
cp build/expat-2.0.1/win32/bin/Release/*.dll bin/
cp build/expat-2.0.1/lib/expat.h build/expat-2.0.1/lib/expat_external.h include/

libxml2
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cd win32
cscript configure.js include=C:\cygwin\home\kovid\sw\include lib=C:\cygwin\home\sw\lib prefix=C:\cygwin\home\kovid\sw zlib=yes iconv=no
nmake /f Makefile.msvc
nmake /f Makefile.msvc install
mv lib/libxml2.dll bin/
cp ./build/libxml2-2.7.5/win32/bin.msvc/*.manifest bin/

kdewin32-msvc
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Get it from http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/repository/kdesupport/
mkdir build
Run cmake

Set build type to release and configuration to dll

Build

cp build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/build/include/* include/
cp build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/build/bin/Release/*.dll bin/
cp build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/build/bin/Release/*.lib lib/
cp build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/build/bin/Release/*.exp lib/
cp -r build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/include/msvc/ include/
cp build/kdewin32-msvc-0.3.9/include/*.h include/

fontconfig
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Get it from http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/repository/win32libs/
mkdir build
Remove subdirectory test from the bottom of CMakeLists.txt
run cmake

Set build type to release and project config to dll
Right click on the fontconfig project and select properties. Add sw/include/msvc to the include paths
Build only fontconfig

cp build/fontconfig-msvc-2.4.2-3/build/src/Release/*.dll bin
cp build/fontconfig-msvc-2.4.2-3/build/src/Release/*.lib lib
cp build/fontconfig-msvc-2.4.2-3/build/src/Release/*.exp lib
cp -r build/fontconfig-msvc-2.4.2-3/fontconfig/ include/

Also install the etc files from the font-config-bin archive from kde win32libs
It contains correct fonts.conf etc.


poppler
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In Cmake: disable GTK, Qt, OPenjpeg, zlib, lcms, gtk_tests, qt_tests. Enable qt4, jpeg, png and zlib

NOTE: poppler must be built as a static library, unless you build the qt4 bindings

Now do the same for the pdftohtml project

cp poppler/*.h ~/sw/include/poppler && cp goo/*.h ~/sw/include/poppler/goo && cp splash/*.h ~/sw/include/poppler/splash && cp build/Release/poppler.lib ../../lib/ && cp build/utils/Release/*.exe ../../bin/


podofo
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Add the following three lines near the top of CMakeLists.txt
SET(WANT_LIB64 FALSE)
SET(PODOFO_BUILD_SHARED TRUE)
SET(PODOFO_BUILD_STATIC FALSE)

cp build/podofo-0.7.0/build/src/Release/podofo.dll bin/
cp build/podofo-0.7.0/build/src/Release/podofo.lib lib/
cp build/podofo-0.7.0/build/src/Release/podofo.exp lib/

ImageMagick
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Edit VisualMagick/configure/configure.cpp to set

int projectType = MULTITHREADEDDLL;

Run configure.bat ina  visual studio command prompt

Edit magick/magick-config.h

Undefine ProvideDllMain and MAGICKCORE_X11_DELEGATE

Now open VisualMagick/VisualDynamicMT.sln set to Release
Remove the CORE_xlib project