[magick-users] Unable to download static library (Windows)

[Tom Niemann]

I'm a software developer trying to obtain a static .lib library for 16-bit 
images to link with my application under Windows XP. Here's what I've done 
so far:

Downloaded and installed ImageMagick-6.4.1-10-Q16-windows-static.exe. 
However, could find no .lib files in the installation directory.

Downloaded ImageMagick-6.4.1-10.tar.gz. The instructions in file 
install-windows.txt specify the following:
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Go to the configure subdirectory and under VisualMagick open the 
configure.dsw workspace or configure.sln.
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There is no configure subdirectory. There are no .dsw or .sln files anywhere 
in this distribution.

Another user trying to build with VS 2005 got this feedback:
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We run the configure script and click on the workspace. VS 2005 converts the 
workspace to be conformant and then choose a x64 build. After that we select 
Build Solution and it compiles with a few warnings but no errors.
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I can run configure using cygwin, but then it's using cygwin's environment 
and not VS. This will create cygwin library dependencies in the .lib. 
Although cygwin is installed on my computer it won't be installed on the 
user's computer.


How do I obtain (or build if necessary) a static .lib file to link with my 
application for 16-bit images?