Manual installation

Build from source code

Use git to clone the source code repository

git clone https://github.com/jingwood/d2dlib

Open d2dlib.sln from the src folder with Visual Studio 2019 or later, choose Build -> Batch Build... menu, then click Build button.

Add project references

1. Add d2dlibexport.dll and d2dwinform.dll as application references
2. Put d2dlib32.dll in the Debug, Release or the folder where the application runs

You can also add d2dlib32.dll as a project file, and set it's property Copy to output folder to Copy if newer.

Platform associated native binary

For different build configuration and platform target, the d2dlib32.dll is named as following:

Build configuration	Platform	Name
Debug	x86 (32bit)	d2dlib32d.dll
Release	x86 (32bit)	d2dlib32.dll
Debug	x64 (64bit)	d2dlib64d.dll
Release	x64 (64bit)	d2dlib64.dll