Compiling and linking on Windows.: XML Security Library Reference Manual

## Compiling and linking on Windows.

On Windows there is no such simple and elegant solution. Please check `README` file in `win32` folder of the library package for latest instructions. However, there are few general things, that you need to remember:

- All libraries linked to your application must be compiled with the same Microsoft Runtime Libraries.

- Static linking with XML Security Library requires additional global defines:

      #define LIBXML_STATIC
      #define LIBXSLT_STATIC
      #define XMLSEC_STATIC

- If you do not want to dynamicaly load xmlsec-crypto library and prefer to select crypto engine at linking then you should link your application with xmlsec and at least one of xmlsec-crypto libraries.

- In order to enable dynamic loading for xmlsec-crypto library you should add additional global define:

      #define XMLSEC_CRYPTO_DYNAMIC_LOADING