diff --git a/projects/visualc71/PRJ0041.mak b/projects/visualc71/PRJ0041.mak
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-# Prevent "Cannot find missing dependency..." warnings while compiling
-# pngwin.rc (PRJ0041).
-
-all: $(IntDir)\alloc.h \
- $(IntDir)\fp.h \
- $(IntDir)\m68881.h \
- $(IntDir)\mem.h \
- $(IntDir)\pngusr.h \
- $(IntDir)\strings.h \
- $(IntDir)\unistd.h \
- $(IntDir)\unixio.h
-
-$(IntDir)\alloc.h \
-$(IntDir)\fp.h \
-$(IntDir)\m68881.h \
-$(IntDir)\mem.h \
-$(IntDir)\pngusr.h \
-$(IntDir)\strings.h \
-$(IntDir)\unistd.h \
-$(IntDir)\unixio.h:
- @!echo.>$@
diff --git a/projects/visualc71/README.txt b/projects/visualc71/README.txt
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-Microsoft Developer Studio Project File, Format Version 7.10 for libpng.
-
-Copyright (C) 2004 Simon-Pierre Cadieux.
-
-This code is released under the libpng license.
-For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in png.h
-
-NOTE: This project will be removed from libpng-1.5.0. It has
-been replaced with the "vstudio" project.
-
-Assumptions:
-* The libpng source files are in ..\..
-* The zlib source files are in ..\..\..\zlib
-* The zlib project file is in . /* Warning: This is until the zlib project
- files get integrated into the next zlib release. The final zlib project
- directory will then be ..\..\..\zlib\projects\visualc71. */
-
-To use:
-
-1) On the main menu, select "File | Open Solution".
- Open "libpng.sln".
-
-2) Display the Solution Explorer view (Ctrl+Alt+L)
-
-3) Set one of the project as the StartUp project. If you just want to build the
- binaries set "libpng" as the startup project (Select "libpng" tree view
- item + Project | Set as StartUp project). If you want to build and test the
- binaries set it to "pngtest" (Select "pngtest" tree view item +
- Project | Set as StartUp project)
-
-4) Select "Build | Configuration Manager...".
- Choose the configuration you wish to build.
-
-5) Select "Build | Clean Solution".
-
-6) Select "Build | Build Solution (Ctrl-Shift-B)"
-
-This project builds the libpng binaries as follows:
-
-* Win32_DLL_Release\libpng18.dll DLL build
-* Win32_DLL_Debug\libpng18d.dll DLL build (debug version)
-* Win32_DLL_VB\libpng18vb.dll DLL build for Visual Basic, using stdcall
-* Win32_LIB_Release\libpng.lib static build
-* Win32_LIB_Debug\libpngd.lib static build (debug version)
-
-Notes:
-
-If you change anything in the source files, or select different compiler
-settings, please change the DLL name to something different than any of
-the above names. Also, make sure that in your "pngusr.h" you define
-PNG_USER_PRIVATEBUILD and PNG_USER_DLLFNAME_POSTFIX according to the
-instructions provided in "pngconf.h".
-
-All DLLs built by this project use the Microsoft dynamic C runtime library
-MSVCR71.DLL (MSVCR71D.DLL for debug versions). If you distribute any of the
-above mentioned libraries you may have to include this DLL in your package.
-For a list of files that are redistributable in Visual Studio see
-$(VCINSTALLDIR)\redist.txt.
diff --git a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt b/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
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--- a/projects/visualc71/README_zlib.txt
+++ /dev/null
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-/* WARNING: This file was put in the LibPNG distribution for convenience only.
- It is expected to be part of the next zlib release under
- "projects\visualc71\README.txt." */
-
-Microsoft Developer Studio Project File, Format Version 7.10 for zlib.
-
-Copyright (C) 2004 Simon-Pierre Cadieux.
-Copyright (C) 2004 Cosmin Truta.
-
-This code is released under the libpng license.
-For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h.
-
-NOTE: This project will be removed from libpng-1.5.0. It has
-been replaced with the "vstudio" project.
-
-To use:
-
-1) On the main menu, select "File | Open Solution".
- Open "zlib.sln".
-
-2) Display the Solution Explorer view (Ctrl+Alt+L)
-
-3) Set one of the project as the StartUp project. If you just want to build the
- binaries set "zlib" as the startup project (Select "zlib" tree view item +
- Project | Set as StartUp project). If you want to build and test the
- binaries set it to "example" (Select "example" tree view item + Project |
- Set as StartUp project), If you want to build the minigzip utility set it to
- "minigzip" (Select "minigzip" tree view item + Project | Set as StartUp
- project
-
-4) Select "Build | Configuration Manager...".
- Choose the configuration you wish to build.
-
-5) Select "Build | Clean Solution".
-
-6) Select "Build | Build Solution (Ctrl-Shift-B)"
-
-This project builds the zlib binaries as follows:
-
-* Win32_DLL_Release\zlib1.dll DLL build
-* Win32_DLL_Debug\zlib1d.dll DLL build (debug version)
-* Win32_LIB_Release\zlib.lib static build
-* Win32_LIB_Debug\zlibd.lib static build (debug version)
-
diff --git a/projects/visualc71/libpng.sln b/projects/visualc71/libpng.sln
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--- a/projects/visualc71/libpng.sln
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-Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libpng", "libpng.vcproj", "{0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}"
- ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0} = {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}
- EndProjectSection
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pngtest", "pngtest.vcproj", "{FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}"
- ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21} = {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}
- EndProjectSection
-EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "zlib", "zlib.vcproj", "{2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}"
- ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
- EndProjectSection
-EndProject
-Global
- GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
- DLL Debug = DLL Debug
- DLL Release = DLL Release
- DLL VB = DLL VB
- LIB Debug = LIB Debug
- LIB Release = LIB Release
- EndGlobalSection
- GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL Debug.ActiveCfg = DLL Debug|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL Debug.Build.0 = DLL Debug|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL Release.ActiveCfg = DLL Release|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL Release.Build.0 = DLL Release|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL VB.ActiveCfg = DLL VB|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.DLL VB.Build.0 = DLL VB|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.LIB Debug.ActiveCfg = LIB Debug|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.LIB Debug.Build.0 = LIB Debug|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.LIB Release.ActiveCfg = LIB Release|Win32
- {0008960E-E0DD-41A6-8265-00B31DDB4C21}.LIB Release.Build.0 = LIB Release|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL Debug.ActiveCfg = DLL Debug|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL Debug.Build.0 = DLL Debug|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL Release.ActiveCfg = DLL Release|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL Release.Build.0 = DLL Release|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL VB.ActiveCfg = DLL VB|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.DLL VB.Build.0 = DLL VB|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.LIB Debug.ActiveCfg = LIB Debug|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.LIB Debug.Build.0 = LIB Debug|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.LIB Release.ActiveCfg = LIB Release|Win32
- {FD1C2F86-9EEF-47BD-95A4-530917E17FDA}.LIB Release.Build.0 = LIB Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL Debug.ActiveCfg = DLL Debug|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL Debug.Build.0 = DLL Debug|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL Release.ActiveCfg = DLL Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL Release.Build.0 = DLL Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL VB.ActiveCfg = DLL Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.DLL VB.Build.0 = DLL Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.LIB Debug.ActiveCfg = LIB Debug|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.LIB Debug.Build.0 = LIB Debug|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.LIB Release.ActiveCfg = LIB Release|Win32
- {2D4F8105-7D21-454C-9932-B47CAB71A5C0}.LIB Release.Build.0 = LIB Release|Win32
- EndGlobalSection
- GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
- EndGlobalSection
- GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
- EndGlobalSection
-EndGlobal
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