Re: [Dev-C++] Fw: Dev-C++ looking for MSVCRT.DLL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Carter" <ste...@gm...>
To: "Daniel D." <Dan...@gm...>
Cc: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Fw: Dev-C++ looking for MSVCRT.DLL


> 1. I've done really small things with Borland's IDE and MFC without
> issue so MinGW/DevC++ should be little different as long as the libs
> are there.  Do you have a Windows Platform SDK?  Any MFC libs should
> be in that wouldn't they? (Okay, maybe not modern SDKs but in
> deprecated ones.  I'm sure there must be a repository somewhere.)

I have MFC 4.n libs, but MingW seems to be choking on using them, or I don't 
know how to structure the compile to integrate it properly.

Yes, I have the SDK as well, but not at 6.n and these are no longer 
supported to just download, as far as I could find.

>
> 2.  Ideally that might be the case.  Life isn't perfect.
>
> 3.  For my part I'm stuck between the corporate world where VS rules
> and my dream of writing cross platform apps that the entire world,
> including Microserfs can enjoy.


Ditto:  :)  Thanks.

Mike

> On 31/01/07, Daniel D. <dan...@gm...> wrote:
>> Some points :
>>
>> 1. being a MS technology,  MFC will scarcely help beyond Windows and VS.
>> 2. you may probably have to rewrite the project, so that to make no use 
>> of
>> the MFC  :(
>> 3. just wonder why would you use a different IDE anyway, as long as your
>> system remains Windows
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> DD
>> /*****************************************
>> these are just my personal opinions and thoughts
>> *****************************************/
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "afpTeam" <af...@sb...>
>> To: <dev...@li...>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:31 PM
>> Subject: [Dev-C++] Fw: Dev-C++ looking for MSVCRT.DLL
>>
>>
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to build a pre-existing VS C++ 6.0 project in the current
>> > 4.9.9.2
>> > MingW Dev-C++ IDE and sadly for starters, I only have 4.nn MFC libs on
>> > board  my XP system.
>> >
>> > Dev-C++ imported the solution/project.
>> > I pointed the project includes directory at the MFC includes directory.
>> >
>> > The IDE identified the following macros for the project:
>> >
>> >    Compiler:
>> >    -D__GNUWIN32__ -W -DWIN32 -DNDEBUG -D_WINDOWS -D_AFXDLL
>> >
>> >    C++ compiler:
>> >    -D__GNUWIN32__ -W -DWIN32 -DNDEBUG -D_WINDOWS -D_AFXDLL
>> >
>> >    Linker: (is empty)
>> >
>> > When I run compile, I get the following errors:
>> >
>> >    //////////////////////
>> >    In file included from C:/Devel_all/MSDEV/mfc/include/afx.h:27,
>> >                 from C:/Devel_all/MSDEV/mfc/include/afxwin.h:19,
>> >                 from dialogs/..\stdafx.h:10,
>> >                 from dialogs/MailSendDlg.cpp:7:
>> >     C:/Devel_all/MSDEV/mfc/include/afxver_.h:128:3: #error Please use 
>> > the
>> > /MD switch for _AFXDLL builds
>> >     C:/Devel_all/MSDEV/mfc/include/afxver_.h:133:3: #error Please use 
>> > the
>> > /MD switch (multithreaded DLL C-runtime)
>> >     //////////////////////
>> >
>> > When I follow them out I get...
>> >
>> >     MailSendDlg.cpp says:      #include "..\stdafx.h"
>> >     stdafx.h:10 says                 #include <afxwin.h> (MFC core)
>> >     afxwin.h:19 says                #include <afx.h>
>> >
>> >  afxver_.h 128 says
>> >     #if defined(_AFXDLL) && !defined(_DLL)
>> >     #error Please use the /MD switch for _AFXDLL builds
>> >     #endif
>> >
>> >  afxver_.h 128 says
>> >     #ifndef _MAC
>> >     #if defined(_AFXDLL) && !defined(_MT)
>> >     #error Please use the /MD switch (multithreaded DLL C-runtime)
>> >     #endif
>> >     #endif
>> >
>> > It seems a little odd that the compiler is sending back a response 
>> > related
>> > to "ifndef _MAC" so perhaps I have to find a way to tell the compiler 
>> > to
>> > ignore this one?
>> >
>> > Apparently then I need to tell gcc to compile and link in MSVCRT.DLL to
>> > support threading, either static or at runtime?
>> >
>> > Admittedly this is a lack of familiarity on my part in how to tell 
>> > Dev-C++
>> > and GCC to make this inclusion.
>> >
>> > So what is the best way to have Dev-C++ tell the comipler to manage 
>> > this?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
> 



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