diff --git a/rfb/encodings.cxx b/rfb/encodings.cxx
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+/* Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *    
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this software; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
+ * USA.
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
+#endif
+#include <rfb/encodings.h>
+
+int rfb::encodingNum(const char* name)
+{
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "raw") == 0)      return encodingRaw;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "copyRect") == 0) return encodingCopyRect;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "RRE") == 0)      return encodingRRE;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "CoRRE") == 0)    return encodingCoRRE;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "hextile") == 0)  return encodingHextile;
+  if (strcasecmp(name, "ZRLE") == 0)     return encodingZRLE;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+const char* rfb::encodingName(unsigned int num)
+{
+  switch (num) {
+  case encodingRaw:      return "raw";
+  case encodingCopyRect: return "copyRect";
+  case encodingRRE:      return "RRE";
+  case encodingCoRRE:    return "CoRRE";
+  case encodingHextile:  return "hextile";
+  case encodingZRLE:     return "ZRLE";
+  default:               return "[unknown encoding]";
+  }
+}