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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ you are using. Once the solution is open, select the desired build configuration (Debug or Release) and platform (Win32 or x64) and build the solution. -The resulting 32-bit DLLs and import libraries are placed into the +The resulting 32-bit DLLs and import libraries are placed into the libodb\bin\ and libodb\lib\ directories, respectively. Similarly, the 64-bit DLLs and import libraries are placed into libodb\bin64\ and libodb\lib64\. The Release versions of the import libraries are named @@ -60,10 +60,22 @@ Win32: Include: ...\libodb Library: ...\libodb\lib - Executable: ...\libodb\bin + Executable: ...\libodb\bin x64: Include: ...\libodb Library: ...\libodb\lib64 - Executable: ...\libodb\bin64 + Executable: ...\libodb\bin64 + +Note also that by default libodb uses the __declspec(thread) storage-class +modifier for TLS support. This mechanism is known not to work correctly on +Windows XP/Server 2003 and earlier versions of Windows if a DLL that uses +this modifier is loaded dynamically. If you are planning to link libodb to a +DLL that will be loaded dynamically (e.g., delay loading, COM DLL, explicit +LoadLibrary() call, etc), then you will need to comment out the definition +of the ODB_THREADS_TLS_DECLSPEC macro in the odb\details\config-vc.h file +prior to building libodb. On the other hand, if you plan to link libodb +directly to an executable or another DLL that will be linked directly to +an executable or if you only need to support Windows Vista/Server 2008, +then you don't need to make this change. |