How To Build

Preparetion

When building PortForwarder, you need:

1. PortForwarder souce code (PortForwarder-*-*-*-src.zip)
2. OpenSSL source code (openssl-*.*.*.tar.gz)
3. zlib source code (zlib-*.*.*.tar.gz)
4. Visual Studio .NET 2003

Note: For PortForwarder 2.5.1 and older, you need Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5 and the latest Microsoft SDK (Core SDK), instead of Visual Studio .NET 2003.

Building

Follow those steps to build:

1. Extract files from PortForwarder souce archive. You will find "PortForwarder" folder.
2. Change directory into PortForwarder source directory.
3. Extract files from OpenSSL source archive. You will find "openssl-*.*.*" folder.
4. Rename the folder created above to "openssl".
5. Extract files from zlib source archive. You will find "zlib-*.*.*" folder.
6. Rename the folder created above to "zlib". Now, you can see "openssl" folder and "zlib" folder inside "PortForwarder" folder.
7. Build OpenSSL. (See the instruction in the OpenSSL documentation for more details.)
   • cd openssl
   • perl Configure VC-WIN32
   • ms\do_ms
   • (Open ms\nt.mak with your favorite editor and replace "/MD" with "/MT".)
   • nmake -f ms\nt.mak
   • cd .. (Now you are back in PortForwarder folder.)
8. Build zlib. (See the instruction in the zlib documentation for more details.)
   • cd zlib
   • (Open win32\Makefile.msc with your favorite editor and replace "-MD" with "-MT".)
   • nmake /f win32\Makefile.msc
9. Start Visual Studio .NET 2003 and open the PortForwarder project.
10. Build PortForwarder.

Note: Editing makefiles of OpenSSL and zlib is required just for building of PortForwarder. If you want pure OpenSSL or zlib, you should skip those processes.