Commit 580cf3c4 authored by kenton@google.com's avatar kenton@google.com

Update MSVC installation instructions for static linking change.

parent 3bdc1356
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"include" directory (under the top-level package directory).
6) Copy the contents of the include directory to wherever you want to put
headers.
7) Copy protoc.exe and the two DLLs (libprotobuf and libprotoc) wherever you
put build tools.
8) Copy libprotobuf.{lib,dll} and libprotoc.{lib,dll} wherever you put
libraries.
7) Copy protoc.exe wherever you put build tools (probably somewhere in your
PATH).
8) Copy libprotobuf.lib and libprotoc.lib wherever you put libraries.
* To avoid conflicts between the MSVC debug and release runtime libraries, when
compiling a debug build of your application, you must link against a debug
build of libprotobuf.dll. Similarly, release builds must link against
release DLLs.
compiling a debug build of your application, you may need to link against a
debug build of libprotobuf.lib. Similarly, release builds should link against
release libs.
DLLs vs. static linking
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