Hi, I'm trying to compile the following example code on Windows XP using MS Visual Studio 2005: -- from http://www.boost.org/libs/iostreams/doc/classes/zlib.html#installation ////////////////////////////// #include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include #include #include int main() { using namespace std; using namespace boost::iostreams; // added this line ifstream file("hello.z", ios_base::in | ios_base::binary); filtering_streambuf<input> in; in.push(zlib_decompressor()); in.push(file); boost::iostreams::copy(in, cout); } //////////////////////////////// So I downloaded the zlib library into the directory C:\Libs\zlib123 plus a prebuilt windows binary into the directory C:\Libs\zlib123\dll32 After reading http://www.boost.org/libs/iostreams/doc/installation.html I tried to add zlib.cpp to my test project, and to add the line #define BOOST_IOSTREAMS_NO_LIB to my source file. I got a bunch of linker errors, e.g. 1>zlib.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _crc32 referenced in function "protected: void __thiscall boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::after(char const * &,char * &,bool)" (?after@zlib_base@detail@iostreams@boost@@IAEXAAPBDAAPAD_N@Z) 1>C:\Dev\Test\Test\Debug\Test.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 9 unresolved externals. If I delete ' #define BOOST_IOSTREAMS_NO_LIB' I get the following error: 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libboost_zlib-vc80-mt-gd-1_34_1.lib' Which is a file that doesn't exist. As I understand it I have to rebuild boost.iostreams with zlib support: C:\boost\boost_1_34_1\libs\iostreams\build>bjam "-sNO_COMPRESSION=0" "-sNO_ZLIB=0" "-sZLIB_SOURCE=C:\Libs\zlib123" "-sZLIB_LIBPATH=C:\Libs\zlib123\dll32" "-sZLIB_BINARY=zlibwapi.dll" I tried this and that but to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing and it didn't work. I would like to compile a static library and link my program against it, so that the example code works. It would also be ok to link it against a .dll - I don't really care, I just want to SOMEHOW use it! :) Can somebody give me detailed instructions on how to do that? Andreas