+int use_sdp_solver=0;
+
+/* Additional declarations for Windows potability. */
+
+#ifndef MAX_DRIVE
+#define MAX_DRIVE 26
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+static const char* disk_drives_letter_table[MAX_DRIVE] =
+{
+ "A:\\",
+ "B:\\",
+ "C:\\",
+ "D:\\",
+ "E:\\",
+ "F:\\",
+ "G:\\",
+ "H:\\",
+ "I:\\",
+ "J:\\",
+ "K:\\",
+ "L:\\",
+ "M:\\",
+ "N:\\",
+ "O:\\",
+ "P:\\",
+ "Q:\\",
+ "R:\\",
+ "S:\\",
+ "T:\\",
+ "U:\\",
+ "V:\\",
+ "W:\\",
+ "X:\\",
+ "Y:\\",
+ "Z:\\"
+};
+#endif /* #ifdef _WIN32 */
+
+/*
+ * Returns the initial path. On Windows the initial path is
+ * the current directory for the current process in the other
+ * case the function returns "./" that represents the current
+ * directory on Unix/Linux platforms.
+ */
+
+const char* __surf_get_initial_path(void)
+{
+
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ unsigned i;
+ char current_directory[MAX_PATH + 1] = {0};
+ unsigned int len = GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH + 1,current_directory);
+ char root[4] = {0};
+
+ if(!len)
+ return NULL;
+
+ strncpy(root,current_directory,3);
+
+ for(i = 0; i<MAX_DRIVE;i++)
+ {
+ if(root[0] == disk_drives_letter_table[i][0])
+ return disk_drives_letter_table[i];
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+ #else
+ return "./";
+ #endif
+}
+
+/* The __surf_is_absolute_file_path() returns 1 if
+ * file_path is a absolute file path, in the other
+ * case the function returns 0.
+ */
+int __surf_is_absolute_file_path(const char* file_path)
+{
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd ={0};
+ HANDLE hFile = FindFirstFile(file_path,&wfd);
+
+ if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hFile)
+ return 0;
+
+ FindClose(hFile);
+ return 1;
+ #else
+ return (file_path[0] == '/');
+ #endif
+}
+
+typedef struct surf_resource_object {
+ surf_resource_t resource;
+} s_surf_resource_object_t, *surf_resource_object_t;