Removed or replaced some more deprecated preprocessor macros.
Moved the _DEBUG and NDEBUG macros to two new property files.
Fixed #1527 Problem with static libs on Windows
Updated README.txt
diff --git a/PCbuild9/w9xpopen.vcproj b/PCbuild9/w9xpopen.vcproj
index d00cef4..2397366 100644
--- a/PCbuild9/w9xpopen.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild9/w9xpopen.vcproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\debug.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="0"
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 			/>
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\debug.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 			/>
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -220,7 +217,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -245,7 +242,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -289,7 +285,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGInstrument|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -313,7 +309,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -358,7 +353,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGInstrument|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -383,7 +378,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -429,7 +423,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGUpdate|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -453,7 +447,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -498,7 +491,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGUpdate|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -523,7 +516,6 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"