build libzippp in visual studio 2013

Here are some c++ wrapper over libzip - https://github.com/ctabin/libzippp
But it has terrible building system

• in it hardcoded version of visual studio (well, it's fixable)
• in it hardcoded version of libzip (hardcoded version: 1.1.2, last version: 1.1.3 - well, and it's fixable)
• it's difficult to change building script to adjust zlib & libzip - for example for static linking.

So, it's much easier to create empty project (god bless this project have one cpp & one h file (and one more cpp for tests - author has tests - that's really cool)). So, just create solution with 2 projects - libzippp & tests. Adjust headers, path to headers, lib files, path to lib files, change /MD to /MT & /MTd accordingly and build. Check if tests works fine. Done)

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and for using it as static library, go to libzippp.h, add #include <cstdint> and change:

#ifdef WIN32
        typedef long long libzippp_int64;
        typedef unsigned long long libzippp_uint64;
       
        //special declarations for windows to use libzippp from a DLL
        #define SHARED_LIBRARY_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
        #define SHARED_LIBRARY_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#else
        //standard ISO c++ does not support long long
        typedef long int libzippp_int64;
        typedef unsigned long int libzippp_uint64;
       
        #define SHARED_LIBRARY_EXPORT
        #define SHARED_LIBRARY_IMPORT
#endif

to

typedef int64_t libzippp_int64;
typedef uint64_t libzippp_uint64;

#define SHARED_LIBRARY_EXPORT
#define SHARED_LIBRARY_IMPORT
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headers paths for libzippp:
D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\lib
D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\xcode

headers paths for tests:
D:\projects\libraries\libzippp\libzippp

lib paths for debug tests:
D:\projects\libraries\libzippp\x64\Debug
D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\_build_x64_static_mt_mtd\lib\Debug
D:\projects\libraries\zlib-1.2.8\_libraries_debug

lib paths for release tests:
D:\projects\libraries\libzippp\x64\Release
D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\_build_x64_static_mt_mtd\lib\Release
D:\projects\libraries\zlib-1.2.8\_libraries_release

lib files:
libzippp.lib
zipstatic.lib
zlibstat.lib

And respect for the author of libzippp - despite of bad building system, I hope project will be useful)
 

building libzip in visual studio 2013

As always - x64, static, debug/release.
You need compiled zlib - I wrote of compiling zlib here
Download from http://www.nih.at/libzip/index.html archive libzip-1.1.3.tar.gz, unpack.

md _build_x64_static_mt_mtd
cd _build_x64_static_mtd
if you want to use only static lib

• go to 'D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\lib\CMakeLists.txt' & comment pre-last block & uncomment last block.

• go to D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\lib\zip.h and insert into the beginning (after include guard): #define ZIP_STATIC 

• go to D:\projects\libraries\libzip-1.1.3\lib\compat.h and replace '#define ZIP_EXTERN __declspec(dllexport)' -> '#define ZIP_EXTERN'

cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64" -DZLIB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH="D:/projects/libraries/zlib-1.2.8/_libraries_debug/zlib.lib" -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="D:/projects/libraries/zlib-1.2.8"
debug: Md -> MTd, build
release: Md -> MT, build