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+# Copyright (c) 1999 IBM Corporation and others
+# nmake file for creating data files on win32
+# invoke with
+# nmake /f makedata.mak icup=<path_to_icu_instalation> [Debug|Release]
+#
+#	12/10/1999	weiv	Created
+
+!CMDSWITCHES -D
+
+#If no config, we default to debug
+!IF "$(CFG)" == ""
+CFG=Debug
+!MESSAGE No configuration specified. Defaulting to common - Win32 Debug.
+!ENDIF 
+
+#Let's see if user has given us a path to ICU
+#This could be found according to the path to makefile, but for now it is this way
+!IF "$(ICUP)"=="" 
+!ERROR Can't find path!
+!ELSE
+ICUDATA=$(ICUP)\icu\data
+DATA_PATH=$(ICUP)\icu\data^\
+TRANS=translit^\
+ICUTOOLS=$(ICUP)\icu\source\tools
+!ENDIF
+
+LINK32 = link.exe
+LINK32_FLAGS = /out:"$(ICUDATA)/icudata.dll" /DLL /NOENTRY /base:"0x4ad00000" /comment:" Copyright (C) 1999 International Business Machines Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved. "
+CPP_FLAGS = /I$(ICUP)\icu\include /GD /c
+
+#Here we test if configuration is given 
+!IF "$(CFG)" != "Release" && "$(CFG)" != "Debug"
+!MESSAGE Invalid configuration "$(CFG)" specified.
+!MESSAGE You can specify a configuration when running NMAKE
+!MESSAGE by defining the macro CFG on the command line. For example:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE NMAKE /f "makedata.mak" CFG="Debug"
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE Possible choices for configuration are:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE "Release"
+!MESSAGE "Debug"
+!MESSAGE 
+!ERROR An invalid configuration is specified.
+!ENDIF 
+
+# This appears in original Microsofts makefiles
+!IF "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT"
+NULL=
+!ELSE 
+NULL=nul
+!ENDIF 
+
+# Suffixes for data files
+.SUFFIXES : .ucm .cnv .dll .dat .col .res .txt .c
+
+# We're including a list of ucm files. There are two lists, one is essential 'ucmfiles.mk' and 
+# the other is optional 'ucmlocal.mk'
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\makeconv\ucmfiles.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\makeconv\ucmfiles.mk"
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\makeconv\ucmlocal.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\makeconv\ucmlocal.mk"
+$(UCM_SOURCE)=$(UCM_SOURCE) $(UCM_SOURCE_LOCAL)
+!ELSE 
+#!MESSAGE Warning: cannot find "ucmlocal.mk"
+!ENDIF
+!ELSE 
+!ERROR ERROR: cannot find "ucmfiles.mk"
+!ENDIF 
+
+# According to the read files, we will generate CNV and C files
+CNV_FILES=$(UCM_SOURCE:.ucm=.cnv)
+C_CNV_FILES = $(UCM_SOURCE:.ucm=_cnv.c)
+OBJ_CNV_FILES = $(C_CNV_FILES:.c=.obj)
+
+# Read list of resource bundle files
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\genrbfiles.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\genrbfiles.mk"
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\genrblocal.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\genrblocal.mk"
+GENRB_SOURCE=$(GENRB_SOURCE) $(GENRB_SOURCE_LOCAL)
+!ELSE 
+#!MESSAGE Warning: cannot find "genrblocal.mk"
+!ENDIF
+!ELSE 
+!ERROR ERROR: cannot find "genrbfiles.mk"
+!ENDIF 
+RB_FILES = $(GENRB_SOURCE:.txt=.res)
+
+# Read list of resource bundle files for colation
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\gencol\gencolfiles.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\gencol\gencolfiles.mk"
+!IF EXISTS("$(ICUTOOLS)\gencol\gencollocal.mk")
+!INCLUDE "$(ICUTOOLS)\gencol\gencollocal.mk"
+GENCOL_SOURCE=$(GENCOL_SOURCE) $(GENCOL_SOURCE_LOCAL)
+!ELSE 
+#!MESSAGE Warning: cannot find "gencollocal.mk"
+!ENDIF
+!ELSE 
+!ERROR ERROR: cannot find "gencolfiles.mk"
+!ENDIF 
+COL_FILES = $(GENCOL_SOURCE:.txt=.col)
+
+# This target should build all the data files
+ALL : GODATA $(RB_FILES) $(CNV_FILES) $(COL_FILES) icudata.dll icudata.dat GOBACK
+	@echo All targets are up to date
+	
+CPP_SOURCES = $(C_CNV_FILES) unames_dat.c cnvalias_dat.c tz_dat.c 
+LINK32_OBJS = $(CPP_SOURCES:.c=.obj)
+
+# target for DLL
+icudata.dll : $(LINK32_OBJS) $(CNV_FILES)
+	@echo Creating DLL file 
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+	@$(LINK32) @<<
+$(LINK32_FLAGS) $(LINK32_OBJS)
+<<
+
+# target for memory mapped file
+icudata.dat : $(CNV_FILES) unames.dat cnvalias.dat tz.dat 
+	@echo Creating memory-mapped file
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+ 	@$(ICUTOOLS)\gencmn\$(CFG)\gencmn 1000000 <<
+$(ICUDATA)\unames.dat
+$(ICUDATA)\cnvalias.dat
+$(ICUDATA)\tz.dat
+$(CNV_FILES:.cnv =.cnv
+)
+<<
+
+# nothing works without this target, but we're making 
+# these files while creating converters
+$(C_CNV_FILES) :
+
+# utility to send us to the right dir
+GODATA : 
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+
+# utility to get us back to the right dir
+GOBACK :
+	@cd $(ICUTOOLS)
+
+# This is to remove all the data files
+CLEAN :
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\*.cnv"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\*.res"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\$(TRANS)*.res"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\*.col"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\unames*.*"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\cnvalias*.*"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\tz*.*"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\ibm*_cnv.c"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\icudata.*"
+	-@erase "$(ICUDATA)\*.obj"
+
+# Inference rule for creating resource bundles
+.txt.res::
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\$(CFG)\genrb $<
+
+# Inference rule for creating converters, with a kludge to create
+# c versions of converters at the same time
+.ucm.cnv::
+	@echo Generating converters and c source files
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+	@$(ICUTOOLS)\makeconv\$(CFG)\makeconv $<
+	@$(ICUTOOLS)\genccode\$(CFG)\genccode $(CNV_FILES)
+
+# Inference rule for creating collation files - 
+# this should be integrated in genrb
+.txt.col::
+	@echo making Collation files
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\genrb\$(CFG)\genrb $<
+
+# Inference rule for compiling :)
+.c.obj::
+	@cd $(ICUDATA)
+	@$(CPP) @<<
+$(CPP_FLAGS) $<
+<<
+
+# Targets for unames.dat
+unames.dat : UnicodeData-3.0.0.txt
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\gennames\$(CFG)\gennames -v- -c- $?
+
+unames_dat.c : unames.dat
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\genccode\$(CFG)\genccode $(ICUDATA)\$?
+
+# Targets for converters
+cnvalias.dat : convrtrs.txt
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\gencnval\$(CFG)\gencnval -c-
+	
+cnvalias_dat.c : cnvalias.dat
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\genccode\$(CFG)\genccode $(ICUDATA)\$?
+
+# Targets for tz
+tz.dat : {$(ICUTOOLS)\gentz}tz.txt
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\gentz\$(CFG)\gentz -c- $(ICUTOOLS)\gentz\tz.txt
+
+tz_dat.c : tz.dat
+	$(ICUTOOLS)\genccode\$(CFG)\genccode $(ICUDATA)\$?