Hi all.
I'm trying to get dmd working on a windows xp system, but am having the
following problems when trying to compile the winsamp.d program.  When I
compile winsamp.d alone, I get errors about it not beeing a "vallid win32
executable."  When I try compiling in the def file, I get a bunch of linker
errors about things like create_font, select_object, and others.
Assistance would be appriciated.



Ameer

"Ameer Armaly" wrote...
> Hi all.
> I'm trying to get dmd working on a windows xp system, but am having the
> following problems when trying to compile the winsamp.d program.  When I
> compile winsamp.d alone, I get errors about it not beeing a "vallid win32
> executable."  When I try compiling in the def file, I get a bunch of
linker
> errors about things like create_font, select_object, and others. Assistance would be appriciated.
>

To quote the first few line of the source:
    /* Compile with:
    * dmd winsamp gdi32.lib winsamp.def
    */
Also, you'll need to add the switch -d to that cause the example uses
C-style cast.

Hope that helps :-)

KTC

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In article <ca4j4o$1hrb$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Ameer Armaly says...
>
>Hi all.
>I'm trying to get dmd working on a windows xp system, but am having the
>following problems when trying to compile the winsamp.d program.  When I
>compile winsamp.d alone, I get errors about it not beeing a "vallid win32
>executable."  When I try compiling in the def file, I get a bunch of linker
>errors about things like create_font, select_object, and others.
>Assistance would be appriciated.
>
>
>
>Ameer

The gdi32.lib is needed.

Try this:
dmd winsamp.d winsamp.def gdi32.lib


By the way, I think you've already handled this, but line 139 should be updated
from
MessageBoxA(null, (char *)o.toString(), "Error",
to:
MessageBoxA(null, cast(char *)o.toString(), "Error",

(I guess Walter hasn't checked this sample in a while.)

jcc7

Ameer Armaly wrote:

> Hi all.
> I'm trying to get dmd working on a windows xp system, but am having the
> following problems when trying to compile the winsamp.d program.  When I
> compile winsamp.d alone, I get errors about it not beeing a "vallid win32
> executable."

That's strange.  Are you sure the compiler gave you no errors at all?

> When I try compiling in the def file, I get a bunch of linker
> errors about things like create_font, select_object, and others.
> Assistance would be appriciated.

That's bizarre.  Windows API function names are of the forms CreateFont, SelectObject.

What was the exact command you tried to compile with?  The one given in a comment at the top of winsamp.d (or has that comment disappeared?) or something else?

Stewart.

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"J C Calvarese" wrote...

>
> (I guess Walter hasn't checked this sample in a while.)
>
> jcc7

    The following samples contain C-style casts:
dhry.d
hello2.html
dserver.d
chello.d
dclient.d
recls_test_1.d
recls_test_2.d
winsamp.d

    The following samples isn't build by the script:
recls_test_1.d
recls_test_2.d
winsamp.d
d2html.d
htmlget.d
listener.d

    The 2 source files test.d & winsamp.d describe the same program. I don't
know which of the two is newer version but one of them can be deleted.


KTC
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