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reply "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> writes:
I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser

While looking for a way to compile the DOS version I came upon Digitalmars.

What I would like to do is recompile the entire product with DM.

This task has proven to be bigger than I anticipated as almost all the files
fail to compile in DM.

Eraser has about a 1million downloads a year. Making eraser compilable with
DM would allow many more people to make their own changes to the code.
Currently the need to own VC6 or VC7(.Net) makes playing with eraser's
source accessible only to those with large $$$ to spend. This I would like
to change.


Kind regards

Garrett Trant
http://www.heidi.ie
Jul 30 2002
next sibling parent reply user domain.invalid writes:
Garrett Trant wrote:

 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser
 
 While looking for a way to compile the DOS version I came upon Digitalmars.
 
 What I would like to do is recompile the entire product with DM.
 
 This task has proven to be bigger than I anticipated as almost all the files
 fail to compile in DM.


What kind of error/failer messages do you get?
Why do you want to make a dos version? It seems to be a Windows 
program? Or did you mean to make a win32 console version?


 
 Eraser has about a 1million downloads a year. Making eraser compilable with
 DM would allow many more people to make their own changes to the code.
 Currently the need to own VC6 or VC7(.Net) makes playing with eraser's
 source accessible only to those with large $$$ to spend. This I would like
 to change.
 
 
 Kind regards
 
 Garrett Trant
 http://www.heidi.ie
Jul 30 2002
parent "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> writes:
I have the DOs version working. It is the windows version my request is
about;

 What kind of error/failer messages do you get?


Many different types all MFC related. I have after 2 days not got a single
component (DLL or EXE) fully compiled.


 Why do you want to make a dos version? It seems to be a Windows


There is a DOS & Win32 Console version as well

All versions are included in the one package on sourceforge.

Garrett
Jul 30 2002
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Indeed you are talking about a DOS version in this newsgroup, but all that seems
to be available on sourceforge is a Windows version.
Do you want to compile both versions with DM?
Should not be to much of a big deal, but I guess it will be a bit of work.
If almost all files fail to compile with DM, let us know what the errors are and
if they are the same. It might be just one simple thing in one header file
included in the majority of sources files...

Jan



Garrett Trant wrote:


 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser

 While looking for a way to compile the DOS version I came upon Digitalmars.

 What I would like to do is recompile the entire product with DM.

 This task has proven to be bigger than I anticipated as almost all the files
 fail to compile in DM.

 Eraser has about a 1million downloads a year. Making eraser compilable with
 DM would allow many more people to make their own changes to the code.
 Currently the need to own VC6 or VC7(.Net) makes playing with eraser's
 source accessible only to those with large $$$ to spend. This I would like
 to change.

 Kind regards

 Garrett Trant
 http://www.heidi.ie
Jul 30 2002
parent reply "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> writes:
 Do you want to compile both versions with DM?


Yes very much so.


 If almost all files fail to compile with DM, let us know what the errors


are and
I was going to do that except I felt a DM guru might see quick solutions to
some of the problems.


 if they are the same. It might be just one simple thing in one header file


All different.
e.g Compiling the verify app I get in .rc file

FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif", 0, 0, 0x1


error expected begin
Later in same file TCS_MULTISELECT is undefined

in Launcher.h I get
// SHEmptyRecycleBin

typedef HRESULT (STDAPICALLTYPE *SHEMPTYRECYCLEBIN)(HWND, LPCTSTR, DWORD);




')' expected


Garrett
Jul 30 2002
parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Garrett Trant wrote:


 Do you want to compile both versions with DM?


 Yes very much so.


 If almost all files fail to compile with DM, let us know what the errors


 are and
 I was going to do that except I felt a DM guru might see quick solutions to
 some of the problems.


 if they are the same. It might be just one simple thing in one header file


 All different.
 e.g Compiling the verify app I get in .rc file

FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif", 0, 0, 0x1


 error expected begin


The M$ resource editor breaks definitions in two lines. RC can not handle those
putting the definition on one line will solve the problem.


 Later in same file TCS_MULTISELECT is undefined


That should be defined in commctrl.h, but I might be using a newer version.


 in Launcher.h I get
 // SHEmptyRecycleBin

typedef HRESULT (STDAPICALLTYPE *SHEMPTYRECYCLEBIN)(HWND, LPCTSTR, DWORD);




 ')' expected


This is defined in a 'newer' Win32 header file, not yet included with DMC++

Jan
Jul 30 2002
parent reply Frank Albe <falbe mindspring.com> writes:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:17:09 -0400, Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc>
wrote:

------------8< big snip >8------------

That should be defined in commctrl.h, but I might be using a newer version.


------------8< another snip >8------------

This is defined in a 'newer' Win32 header file, not yet included with DMC++

Jan


I really need to get newer Win32 header files and libraries, too, but
I can't download the Platform SDK from Microsoft because I am not
running a version of NT. All I have is Win98SE.

Will more recent headers and libraries eventually be included in DMC?

Is there even a tentative timeframe?

Thanks!
 ../frank
Jul 30 2002
parent Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Frank Albe wrote:


 On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:17:09 -0400, Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc>
 wrote:

 ------------8< big snip >8------------

That should be defined in commctrl.h, but I might be using a newer version.


 ------------8< another snip >8------------

This is defined in a 'newer' Win32 header file, not yet included with DMC++

Jan


 I really need to get newer Win32 header files and libraries, too, but
 I can't download the Platform SDK from Microsoft because I am not
 running a version of NT. All I have is Win98SE.



 Will more recent headers and libraries eventually be included in DMC?


I certainly hope so!


 Is there even a tentative timeframe?


<g> Not that I am aware of.

Jan
Jul 30 2002
prev sibling parent reply "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> wrote in message
news:ai5sn0$2fhi$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser


Eraser is a pretty cool program. I think it's great that you're working on a
Digital Mars port of it.

The problems you're having appear to be caused by dependencies on newer
Windows SDK header files than are shipped with DMC. The easiest workaround
is to create your own header, say, mywin32.h, and insert into it any missing
definitions needed by eraser. Then #include that file.
Jul 30 2002
parent reply "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> writes:
Walter
Thanks for the tip. I believe Jan has newer versions of MFC available. I'll
wait until
then.

Thanks for the reply.

Garrett
"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:ai76uh$1i17$3 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> wrote in message
 news:ai5sn0$2fhi$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser


 Eraser is a pretty cool program. I think it's great that you're working on


a

 Digital Mars port of it.

 The problems you're having appear to be caused by dependencies on newer
 Windows SDK header files than are shipped with DMC. The easiest workaround
 is to create your own header, say, mywin32.h, and insert into it any


missing

 definitions needed by eraser. Then #include that file.
Aug 01 2002
parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Does erase use MFC?
If so, which version?

Jan



Garrett Trant wrote:


 Walter
 Thanks for the tip. I believe Jan has newer versions of MFC available. I'll
 wait until
 then.

 Thanks for the reply.

 Garrett
 "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
 news:ai76uh$1i17$3 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> wrote in message
 news:ai5sn0$2fhi$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser


 Eraser is a pretty cool program. I think it's great that you're working on


 a

 Digital Mars port of it.

 The problems you're having appear to be caused by dependencies on newer
 Windows SDK header files than are shipped with DMC. The easiest workaround
 is to create your own header, say, mywin32.h, and insert into it any


 missing

 definitions needed by eraser. Then #include that file.
Aug 01 2002
parent "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> writes:
eraser will was compiled with VC6 and I have recompiled the current version
with VC7. The VC6 version of MFC should work.

One of the errors is with CArray. I have downloaded the versions (4.21 Head)
from the DM website and tried those.

Garrett

"Jan Knepper" <jan smartsoft.cc> wrote in message
news:3D498698.4502B2FB smartsoft.cc...

 Does erase use MFC?
 If so, which version?

 Jan



 Garrett Trant wrote:


 Walter
 Thanks for the tip. I believe Jan has newer versions of MFC available.




I'll

 wait until
 then.

 Thanks for the reply.

 Garrett
 "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
 news:ai76uh$1i17$3 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Garrett Trant" <gtrant -nospam-heidi.ie> wrote in message
 news:ai5sn0$2fhi$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I am the maintainer of an OpenSource product called Eraser see
 http://www.heidi.ie/eraser


 Eraser is a pretty cool program. I think it's great that you're






working on

 a

 Digital Mars port of it.

 The problems you're having appear to be caused by dependencies on






newer

 Windows SDK header files than are shipped with DMC. The easiest






workaround

 is to create your own header, say, mywin32.h, and insert into it any


 missing

 definitions needed by eraser. Then #include that file.
Aug 01 2002