zlib 1.2.5 – fatal error LNK1120: X unresolved externals

When trying to link program to zlib 1.2.5 static library (zlib.lib), I got the following error: fatal error LNK1120: X unresolved externals … Version 1.1.3 worked without any problems. Without going into details, here is what I did – using DUMPBIN.EXE I figured out that I am using __cdecl (/Gd) Calling convention, but zlib somehow …

IPv6, literals and legacy software

IPv4 address exhaustion is slowly going into final phase. To use IPv6 addresses in legacy software, some mechanism must be in place to not confuse programs with colons (:) in the addresses. For Windows this is IPv6 literals. We have created IPv6 to literal online converting tool. It is a free tool to convert IPv6 …

September 2010, links

Ever wondered how Microsoft sorts through nearly 200,000 e-mailed reports of security vulnerabilities each year. CSS 3.0 Maker. CSS3 Playground by Mike Plate. Programming Things I Wish I Knew Earlier. evercookie is a JavaScript API available that produces extremely persistent cookies in a browser. StackOverflow – What is the best comment in source code you …