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reply "Ronny" <ronnyzmanbarzell yahoo.com> writes:
Hi,


I am trying to get DFL to work and failing.  Details follow:

First, I downloaded the latest snapshot (dfl-20110523.exe 
installer).

Next, I Installed in my DMD folder (c:\d\dmd2)

Then, I created a project as per the tutorial 
(http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl/welcome.php)

Then I tried to build it (dfl -debug welcome.d -gui) [note: the 
options were changed as per the errata]

When I did this, I got the following:
	DFL lib files not found.
	Would you like to build the DFL lib files now? [Y/n]

I answered Y and got the following:
Compiling debug DFL...

C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl>C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd -c -debug -g    
-I.. all.d base.d
  application.d internal/dlib.d internal/clib.d internal/utf.d 
internal/com.d con
trol.d form.d registry.d drawing.d menu.d notifyicon.d 
commondialog.d filedialog
.d folderdialog.d panel.d textbox.d richtextbox.d picturebox.d 
listbox.d groupbo
x.d splitter.d usercontrol.d button.d label.d collections.d 
internal/winapi.d in
ternal/wincom.d event.d socket.d timer.d environment.d 
messagebox.d tooltip.d co
mbobox.d treeview.d tabcontrol.d colordialog.d listview.d data.d 
clipboard.d fon
tdialog.d progressbar.d resources.d statusbar.d imagelist.d 
toolbar.d
application.d(1842): use of typedef is deprecated; use alias 
instead
application.d(1842): use of typedef is deprecated; use alias 
instead
internal\winapi.d(1726): use of typedef is deprecated; use alias 
instead
internal\winapi.d(1726): use of typedef is deprecated; use alias 
instead

Failed.

Done.
Could Not Find C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl\*.obj
DFL lib files not found.
Error: dfl_debug.lib not found

Press any key to continue . . .


I then replaced typedef with alias references to fix the messages 
above and retried the compilation.  I got:
Compiling debug DFL...

C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl>C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd -c -debug -g    
-I.. all.d base.d
  application.d internal/dlib.d internal/clib.d internal/utf.d 
internal/com.d con
trol.d form.d registry.d drawing.d menu.d notifyicon.d 
commondialog.d filedialog
.d folderdialog.d panel.d textbox.d richtextbox.d picturebox.d 
listbox.d groupbo
x.d splitter.d usercontrol.d button.d label.d collections.d 
internal/winapi.d in
ternal/wincom.d event.d socket.d timer.d environment.d 
messagebox.d tooltip.d co
mbobox.d treeview.d tabcontrol.d colordialog.d listview.d data.d 
clipboard.d fon
tdialog.d progressbar.d resources.d statusbar.d imagelist.d 
toolbar.d
Notice: As of Phobos 2.058, std.ctype has been deprecated. It 
will be removed in
  August 2012. Please use std.ascii instead.
internal\utf.d(91): Error: identifier 'useWfuncs' of 
'std.file.useWfuncs' is not
  defined

Failed.

Done.
Could Not Find C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl\*.obj
DFL lib files not found.
Error: dfl_debug.lib not found

Press any key to continue . . .

This is when I realized I should stop heading down the rabbit 
hole and ask here.

Help!
May 16 2012
next sibling parent reply "Richard Webb" <webby beardmouse.org.uk> writes:
Try using the version from https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl instead 
of the one from the official site.
May 16 2012
next sibling parent reply 1100110 <10equals2 gmail.om> writes:
On Wed, 16 May 2012 10:52:35 -0500, Richard Webb <webby beardmouse.org.uk>  
wrote:


 Try using the version from https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl instead of the  
 one from the official site.


If that doesn't help, dmd has an option to enable deprecated features.
that might fix all of your issues, if using the github repo doesn't.

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May 16 2012
parent "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 23:32:07 UTC, 1100110 wrote:

 On Wed, 16 May 2012 10:52:35 -0500, Richard Webb 
 <webby beardmouse.org.uk> wrote:


 Try using the version from https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl 
 instead of the one from the official site.


 If that doesn't help, dmd has an option to enable deprecated 
 features.
 that might fix all of your issues, if using the github repo 
 doesn't.


No, the official website is far behind the latest dmd and many 
issues not deprecations will come. The provided repository has 
been kept up to date by a number of people.
May 16 2012
prev sibling parent reply "Ronny" <ronnyzmanbarzell yahoo.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 15:52:37 UTC, Richard Webb wrote:

 Try using the version from https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl 
 instead of the one from the official site.


Thank you, but that didn't work.  I now get the following error:

C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl>C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd -c -debug -g  -wi  
-I.. all.d bas
e.d application.d internal/dlib.d internal/clib.d internal/utf.d 
internal/com.d
control.d clippingform.d form.d registry.d drawing.d menu.d 
notifyicon.d commond
ialog.d filedialog.d folderdialog.d panel.d textbox.d 
richtextbox.d picturebox.d
  listbox.d groupbox.d splitter.d usercontrol.d button.d label.d 
collections.d in
ternal/winapi.d internal/wincom.d event.d socket.d timer.d 
environment.d message
box.d tooltip.d combobox.d treeview.d tabcontrol.d colordialog.d 
listview.d data
.d clipboard.d fontdialog.d progressbar.d resources.d statusbar.d 
imagelist.d to
olbar.d
Notice: As of Phobos 2.058, std.ctype has been deprecated. It 
will be removed in
  August 2012. Please use std.ascii instead.
internal\utf.d(91): Error: identifier 'useWfuncs' of 
'std.file.useWfuncs' is not
  defined

Failed.

Done.
Could Not Find C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl\*.obj
DFL lib files not found.
Error: dfl_debug.lib not found
May 17 2012
next sibling parent reply Guillaume Chatelet <chatelet.guillaume gmail.com> writes:
On 05/17/12 23:47, Ronny wrote:

 On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 15:52:37 UTC, Richard Webb wrote:

 Try using the version from https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl instead of
 the one from the official site.


 
 Thank you, but that didn't work.  I now get the following error:
 
 C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl>C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd -c -debug -g  -wi  -I..
 all.d bas
 e.d application.d internal/dlib.d internal/clib.d internal/utf.d
 internal/com.d
 control.d clippingform.d form.d registry.d drawing.d menu.d notifyicon.d
 commond
 ialog.d filedialog.d folderdialog.d panel.d textbox.d richtextbox.d
 picturebox.d
  listbox.d groupbox.d splitter.d usercontrol.d button.d label.d
 collections.d in
 ternal/winapi.d internal/wincom.d event.d socket.d timer.d environment.d
 message
 box.d tooltip.d combobox.d treeview.d tabcontrol.d colordialog.d
 listview.d data
 ..d clipboard.d fontdialog.d progressbar.d resources.d statusbar.d
 imagelist.d to
 olbar.d
 Notice: As of Phobos 2.058, std.ctype has been deprecated. It will be
 removed in
  August 2012. Please use std.ascii instead.
 internal\utf.d(91): Error: identifier 'useWfuncs' of
 'std.file.useWfuncs' is not
  defined
 
 Failed.
 
 Done.
 Could Not Find C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl\*.obj
 DFL lib files not found.
 Error: dfl_debug.lib not found


Looks like a -d is missing on the command line to allow deprecated
functions.
May 17 2012
parent "Ronny" <ronnyzmanbarzell yahoo.com> writes:
 Looks like a -d is missing on the command line to allow 
 deprecated
 functions.


Still doesn't work.

Thank you to everyone who has offered help, but I think I've seen 
enough to dismiss DFL.  If I have to duct tape it just to get it 
to work, then what does this say about the rest of the product?  
I don't intend to find out.

If there are other windowing kits for D that work right out of 
the box (integration with Entice would be sweet), I'd love to 
know about them.  Otherwise, I'll have to look elsewhere for UI 
capabilities.

I really like D, so I hope I won't have to look elsewhere because 
of the absence of a workable GUI.

Oh, and by workable I don't mean thin wrappers to the Windows 
API.  I did my time with the Windows API, and I don't intend to 
repeat the experience.

Thanks again to everyone who took the time to help.  I really 
appreciate it.
May 21 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Richard Webb" <webby beardmouse.org.uk> writes:
For what it's worth, building the code from 
https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl with the included makelib.bat seems 
to work fine for me with DMD 2.059.
May 21 2012
prev sibling parent "Jesse Phillips" <Jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 21:47:19 UTC, Ronny wrote:

 Failed.

 Done.
 Could Not Find C:\D\dmd2\import\dfl\*.obj
 DFL lib files not found.
 Error: dfl_debug.lib not found


This was how I installed DMD and DFL. You can replace C:\opt\ 
with C:\D\

I suggest using dfl.exe which you look to be doing, when it asks 
if you want to generate the library say y (I think you missed 
this) but even this will have an issue if dfl.exe does not have 
these relative paths:

bin\dfl.exe
import\dfl
windows\bin\dmd.exe

=== dmd ===

Download version 2 of the compiler. Extract it into C:\opt\

Update your environment variables to include 
C:\opt\dmd2\windows\bin

Version: 2.059

=== dfl ===

Dowload the latest snapshot zip file. Extract this into 
C:\opt\dmd2

Update your environment variables to include C:\opt\dmd2\bin

Use the github address to download the latest and just replace 
import\dfl with the needed win32/dfl

dfl - graphical library
	http://wiki.dprogramming.com/Dfl/Snapshots
	https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl
May 21 2012
prev sibling parent simendsjo <simendsjo gmail.com> writes:
On Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:52 +0200, Ronny <ronnyzmanbarzell yahoo.com>  
wrote:


 Hi,


 I am trying to get DFL to work and failing.  Details follow:


Didn't read your post, but this repository is probably more up to date:  
https://github.com/Rayerd/dfl
May 16 2012