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can't find or compile zlib with minizip

hello. i've been trying to download and use minizip, but i just can't compile it and i can't find any way to download it correctly.
i downloaded a file called zlibwapi.lib from the offical site of minizip and i downloaded the header files, but it just wont work. it keeps writing me these linker errors(MS Visual Studio 2008):
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  1. error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _unzOpen referenced in function _wmain
  2. fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
  3.  
please help :(
May 18 '12 #1
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weaknessforcats
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You need a wmain() instead of a main(). The difference is the
wmain() uses wchar_t arguments instead of char arguments.

The fact you need a wmain tells me this is a Unicode application.

Be sure your Visual Studio project configuration is set to Unicode.
May 18 '12 #2

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