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+<HTML>
+<HEAD><TITLE>APR Win32 Builds and Debugging</TITLE></HEAD>
+<BODY>
+<h1>APR Win32 Builds and Debugging</h1>
+
+<h2>Configuration and Flavors</h2>
+
+<p>The Win32 APR Developer Studio projects consist of</p>
+
+<dl>
+ <dt>apr/apr.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the static apr.lib library (-D APR_DECLARE_STATIC)</dd>
+ <dt>apr/libapr.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the dynamic libapr.dll library (no define required)</dd>
+ <dt>apr-util/aprutil.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the static aprutil.lib library (-D APU_DECLARE_STATIC)</dd>
+ <dt>apr-util/libaprutil.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the dynamic libaprutil.dll library (no define required)</dd>
+ <dt>apr-iconv/apriconv.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the static apriconv.lib library (-D API_DECLARE_STATIC)</dd>
+ <dt>apr-iconv/libapriconv.dsp</dt>
+ <dd>Builds the dynamic libapriconv.dll library (no define required)</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<p>In order to prepare to use one of the <em>static</em> libraries above,
+ your application must be compiled with the define shown above, so that the
+ correct linkage is created. The APR authors intended the use of dynamic
+ libraries by default, so application authors do not need any special
+ defines in order to link to the dynamic library flavors.</p>
+
+<p>In order to build APR, you must use the proper dependencies. A good
+ example of those dependencies is given in the apr-util/aprutil.dsw
+ Developer Studio workspace. You can borrow the parts of that structure
+ your application needs, that workspace defines both the dynamic and static
+ library dependencies.</p>
+
+<p>The APR libraries (dynamic and static) are compiled with debugging symbols,
+ even in Release builds. The dynamic library symbols are always usable,
+ simply keep the correspond .pdb file in the same path as the library .dll.
+ (E.g. both libapr.dll and libapr.pdb should be copied to the same path.)</p>
+
+<p>The static symbols will only be fully usable if your application does <em>not<em>
+ link with the /pdbtype:sept flag! At the time your application links to
+ an APR library, the corresponding _src.pdb file should exist in the original
+ path the library was built, or it may be sufficient to keep the _src.pdb file
+ in the same path as the library file. (E.g. apr.lib and apr_src.pdb should
+ reside together in your lib directory.) The later option is unconfirmed.</p>
+
+<p>In order to keep the symbols compiled into the static library, your application
+ must use the linker's /debug flag. If you do not want the application to be
+ debuggable with its corresponding .pdb file, omit the /debug flag and all debug
+ symbolic information is discarded. Note that your application can only be
+ debugged with the corresponding .pdb file created by the linker, unless you use
+ /debugtype:coff or /debugtype:both in your link options.</p>
+
+</BODY>
+</HTML>