1Projects for various integrated development environments (IDE) 2============================================================== 3 4#### Included projects 5 6The following projects are included with the lz4 distribution: 7- `cmake` - CMake project 8- `meson` - Meson project 9- `visual` - scripts to generate Visual Studio solutions from `cmake` script 10- `VS2022` - Visual Studio 2022 solution - will soon be deprecated, prefer `visual` generators 11 12 13#### Projects available within VS2022\lz4.sln 14 15The Visual Studio solution file `lz4.sln` contains many projects that will be compiled to the 16`build\VS2010\bin\$(Platform)_$(Configuration)` directory. For example `lz4` set to `x64` and 17`Release` will be compiled to `build\VS2010\bin\x64_Release\lz4.exe`. The solution file contains the 18following projects: 19 20- `lz4` : Command Line Utility, supporting gzip-like arguments 21- `datagen` : Synthetic and parametrable data generator, for tests 22- `frametest` : Test tool that checks lz4frame integrity on target platform 23- `fullbench` : Precisely measure speed for each lz4 inner functions 24- `fuzzer` : Test tool, to check lz4 integrity on target platform 25- `liblz4` : A static LZ4 library compiled to `liblz4_static.lib` 26- `liblz4-dll` : A dynamic LZ4 library (DLL) compiled to `liblz4.dll` with the import library `liblz4.lib` 27- `fullbench-dll` : The fullbench program compiled with the import library; the executable requires LZ4 DLL 28 29 30#### Using LZ4 DLL with Microsoft Visual C++ project 31 32The header files `lib\lz4.h`, `lib\lz4hc.h`, `lib\lz4frame.h` and the import library 33`build\VS2010\bin\$(Platform)_$(Configuration)\liblz4.lib` are required to 34compile a project using Visual C++. 35 361. The path to header files should be added to `Additional Include Directories` that can 37 be found in Project Properties of Visual Studio IDE in the `C/C++` Property Pages on the `General` page. 382. The import library has to be added to `Additional Dependencies` that can 39 be found in Project Properties in the `Linker` Property Pages on the `Input` page. 40 If one will provide only the name `liblz4.lib` without a full path to the library 41 then the directory has to be added to `Linker\General\Additional Library Directories`. 42 43The compiled executable will require LZ4 DLL which is available at 44`build\VS2010\bin\$(Platform)_$(Configuration)\liblz4.dll`. 45