Lz4: How to create liblz4.dll on windows

[vonHabsi]

I want to create a liblz4.dll for a Windows platform and I have tried the methods suggested in #51, but they seem to be out of date. Is there a more up to date method for creating the dll.

[Cyan4973]

This is surprising.
I don't think there is anything new today compared to #51.
@t-mat excellent advises should still apply.

[qazbob]

Hi, you can check this project on how to create a lz4 DLL
https://github.com/qazbob/lz4-dll

[vonHabsi]

The instructions given by @t-mat show how to create the library and the executable but they don't show how build the DLL. The ming option doesn't seem to work.

I will try out the repo of @qazbob and update you on the result.

[vonHabsi]

I have tested the repo of @qazbob https://github.com/qazbob/lz4-dll.
It was a 64bit build but I have tested it with the application and there were no problems.
I the DLL analyzed with Dependency Walker and it gave an error message

Error: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing export function in an implicitly dependent module.
Error: Modules with different CPU types were found.

I am not familiar with the internals of Windows DLLs and what Dependency Walker actually does, but it may not be a problem in practice.

Thanks

[qazbob]

You can find a better VS solution files here https://github.com/wingtk/gtk-win32/tree/master/lz4/projects that were made starting from the previous repo.

[gbloice]

I'm working on using the new vcpkg tooling to create libraries for Windows, using the CMakeLists.txt in cmake_unnofficial. Nearly got it all done, but would really like to have a new tag, r132, as r131 is a bit out of date now.

[Cyan4973]

@inikep has prepared a new project in visual/VS2010,
called lz4-dll, which should answer this need