Hi, me again.

I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows implementation.

After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.

I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.

Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.

So:

1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib, netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to have to use std.loader?

2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?

P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(

If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).

	-- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"

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Daniel Keep wrote:
> Hi, me again.
> 
> I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that
> needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows
> implementation.
> 
> After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I
> can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.
> 
> I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to
> advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL)
> initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without
> specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.
> 
> Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on
> COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of
> advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to
> coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.
> 
> So:
> 
> 1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib,
> netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to
> have to use std.loader?

coffimplib will convert Microsoft COFF libraries to OMF format.
http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html
ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip

> 
> 2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?
> 
> P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
> converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(
> 
> If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of
> expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).
> 
> 	-- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"
> 

Thanks :)  I actually found the same program five minutes ago... whilst bumming around Wiki4D's comments on the official documentation whilst waiting for dsource.org to come back up.

If the vast majority of .libs out there are in COFF, why isn't coffimplib shipped with dmd?

	-- Daniel

John C wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> Hi, me again.
>>
>> I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows implementation.
>>
>> After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.
>>
>> I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.
>>
>> Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> 1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib, netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to have to use std.loader?
> 
> coffimplib will convert Microsoft COFF libraries to OMF format. http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip
> 
>>
>> 2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?
>>
>> P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
>> converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(
>>
>> If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).
>>
>>     -- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"
>>

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<sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".

And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name, it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(

Stupid Windows...

Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P

	-- Daniel "hates win32"


Daniel Keep wrote:
> Thanks :)  I actually found the same program five minutes ago... whilst bumming around Wiki4D's comments on the official documentation whilst waiting for dsource.org to come back up.
> 
> If the vast majority of .libs out there are in COFF, why isn't coffimplib shipped with dmd?
> 
> 	-- Daniel
> 
> John C wrote:
>> Daniel Keep wrote:
>>> Hi, me again.
>>>
>>> I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows implementation.
>>>
>>> After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.
>>>
>>> I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.
>>>
>>> So:
>>>
>>> 1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib, netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to have to use std.loader?
>> coffimplib will convert Microsoft COFF libraries to OMF format. http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip
>>
>>> 2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?
>>>
>>> P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
>>> converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(
>>>
>>> If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).
>>>
>>>     -- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"
>>>
> 

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Daniel Keep wrote:
> <sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every
> time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error
> code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".
> 
> And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name,
> it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(
> 
> Stupid Windows...

What's the function you're trying to call? And what does your function definition look like?

I just tried GetUserName and it worked.

> 
> Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python
> for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P
> 
> 	-- Daniel "hates win32"

John C wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> Hi, me again.
>>
>> I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that
>> needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows
>> implementation.
>>
>> After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I
>> can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.
>>
>> I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to
>> advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL)
>> initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without
>> specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.
>>
>> Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on
>> COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of
>> advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to
>> coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> 1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib,
>> netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to
>> have to use std.loader?
> 
> coffimplib will convert Microsoft COFF libraries to OMF format.
> http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html
> ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip
> 
>>
>> 2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?
>>
>> P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
>> converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(

Come on, give us a bit of time... that project only started less than three weeks ago! :-). The lmXXX stuff will come before too long.

>>
>> If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of
>> expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).
>>
>>     -- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"
>>

# extern(Windows)
# int
# GetUserNameW(
# 	wchar* lpBuffer,
# 	uint* nSize
# )

I'm using XP, so I'm fairly sure GetUserNameW should be there (well, it's there in advapi32.dll -- dependancy walker says so).

John C wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> <sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".
>>
>> And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name, it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(
>>
>> Stupid Windows...
> 
> What's the function you're trying to call? And what does your function definition look like?
> 
> I just tried GetUserName and it worked.
> 
>>
>> Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P
>>
>>     -- Daniel "hates win32"

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# extern(Windows)
# int
# GetUserNameW(
# 	wchar* lpBuffer,
# 	uint* nSize
# )

I'm using XP, so I'm fairly sure GetUserNameW should be there (well, it's there in advapi32.dll -- dependency walker says so).

John C wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> <sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".
>>
>> And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name, it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(
>>
>> Stupid Windows...
> 
> What's the function you're trying to call? And what does your function definition look like?
> 
> I just tried GetUserName and it worked.
> 
>>
>> Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P
>>
>>     -- Daniel "hates win32"

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Don Clugston wrote:
> John C wrote:
>> Daniel Keep wrote:
>>> Hi, me again.
>>>
>>> I was having a poke around phobos to see if there was anything that needed filling out, and found that expandTilde was missing a Windows implementation.
>>>
>>> After a little trawling through MSDN, I've worked out what to do, but I can't for the life of me get the damn code to link.
>>>
>>> I know I need to link to advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib.  If I link to advapi32.lib, I then get "Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".  Oddly enough, it compiled without specifying netlib32.lib; when I do specify it, it can't find it.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm assuming that the problem with advapi32.lib is that it's on COFF and not OMF (I can't actually remember where that copy of advapi32.lib came from >_<).  I've seen lots of references to coff2omf.exe, but the only one I can find costs $15 from DM.
>>>
>>> So:
>>>
>>> 1.  Is there a free tool to get dmd-compatible versions of advapi32.lib, netlib32.lib, (insert other win32 system libraries), or am I going to have to use std.loader?
>>
>> coffimplib will convert Microsoft COFF libraries to OMF format. http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/coffimplib.zip
>>
>>>
>>> 2.  Is there anywhere I can download OMF versions of those libraries?
>>>
>>> P.S.  I just checked the Win32 api project, and they don't have lm.h
>>> converted (for stuff in netlib32), and no .lib files :(
> 
> Come on, give us a bit of time... that project only started less than three weeks ago! :-). The lmXXX stuff will come before too long.
> 

No!  Not fast enough! :P

After having a poke around some of those MinGW headers... yikes.  If I
ever work out what I'm doing wrong, I might try my hand at converting a few.

>>>
>>> If I can get this working, I'll donate the windows implementation of expandTilde (if Walter wants it, of course :).
>>>
>>>     -- Daniel "why you no linky, damnit?"
>>>

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Daniel Keep wrote:
> # extern(Windows)
> # int
> # GetUserNameW(
> # 	wchar* lpBuffer,
> # 	uint* nSize
> # )
> 
> I'm using XP, so I'm fairly sure GetUserNameW should be there (well,
> it's there in advapi32.dll -- dependency walker says so).

Yes, GetUserNameW is from advapi32. The error message you're getting usually means Windows can't find the DLL.

What error code do you get if you call LoadLibrary("advapi32.dll")? If it returns 0, then there's something else wrong. Is the original lib file from the Platform SDK? Or did you get it by other means? I think coffimplib only works on the Microsoft lib files.

> 
> John C wrote:
> 
>>Daniel Keep wrote:
>>
>>><sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every
>>>time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error
>>>code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".
>>>
>>>And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name,
>>>it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(
>>>
>>>Stupid Windows...
>>
>>What's the function you're trying to call? And what does your function
>>definition look like?
>>
>>I just tried GetUserName and it worked.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python
>>>for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P
>>>
>>>    -- Daniel "hates win32"
> 
>