Harbour Compiler Build Questions ! UPDATED *

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

but I get a huge number of undefineds for all the ADS functions

Please post here some of them so we can check whats the problem, thanks

If I take out calls to ADS, and configure it for DBFCDX, the program will run. HOWEVER ( and this is huge ), it is painfully slow

This is really strange. I have not seen any other Harbour user to mention this. Could you try to isolate a small PRG example to test it ?

I am sure the Harbour devel team would love to review such example, thanks

[TimStone]

Drop my comment on speed. I rebuilt it in "Release" mode and the speed is good ! All original builds were in "Debug" mode which is very slow.

So now my primary issue is how to get ADS working !

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

but I get a huge number of undefineds for all the ADS functions

Please post here some of them so we can check whats the problem, thanks

[TimStone]

There are 284. Basically every ADS function in the library is "undefined". I don't call most of those, but they apparently are called as a result of what the few I do use.

My calls are:

// ADS Server settings
REQUEST ADS
rddRegister( "ADS", 1 )
rddsetdefault( "ADS" )
AdsSetServerType( nServer ) // 7 )
AdsSetFileType(ADS_CDX)
AdsSetDeleted(.t.)
AdsLocking(.f.)
AdsRightsCheck(.f. )
AdsSetDefault( cPath )

And
EXTERN ADSKeyCount, ADSKeyNo, AdsGetRelKeyPos, AdsSetRelKeyPos

Plus ADSConnect60, and ADSGetLastError()


Here are the ADS errors:

rddads.lib(ads1.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _AdsSetDecimals@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl adsSetListener_callback(enum HB_set_enum,enum HB_set_listener_enum)" (?adsSetListener_callback@@YAXW4HB_set_enum@@W4HB_set_listener_enum@@@Z)
rddads.lib(ads1.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _AdsSetSearchPath@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl adsSetListener_callback(enum

... ( others removed for brevity )

asw9.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 195 unresolved externals
ASW9h.EXE - 235 error(s), 6 warning(s)

THIS PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED with a new ACE32.lib file

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

Are you using the most recent ace32.dll ?

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

Ok, I think I know what is going on...

You can not use Borland implib to create the LIB, as it uses a different format as the one used by Microsoft

You have to create it this way:

c:\bcc582\bin\impdef.exe ace32.def ace32.dll

(Microsoft lib.exe)
lib.exe /def:ace32.def /out:ace32.lib /MACHINE:IX86

[TimStone]

I don't have Borland Implib.

I used the ImpLib32 that was included with VC98 ( Microsoft ).

I also tried using the ACE32 supplied with the xHarbour ( Pelles Microsoft C compatible ) libraries.

I'm wondering if linking position has anything to do with this.

How is ADS linked with Borland ? Is it just rddads ?

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

I have just emailed the resulting ace32.lib (for Microsoft) to you

[TimStone]

Still not working ... same errors.

With the other one I received that builds without errors, I get an error 7078 authentication error which I do not get with the same code built using xHb.

[TimStone]

OK ... it is working !

Here are the highlights:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 ( Visual Studio, Express or Full Version )
Compiler and linker
Harbour Compiler ( supplied with FTDN downloads ! )
FWH 11.6

Working with Advantage Database Server and/or DBFCDX

Built fully within UE Studio '11

This is REALLY nice.

Performance, while slow in the debug builds, is very good in the release builds.

Thanks to all who contributed to this. ( Especially Antonio, but also input from many others ) Now its time for testing testing testing testing !

[hua]

Congrats on a successful migration Tim. I'm still waddling through.

Antonio,
when I compile the source code below I got the following error message,

guid.prg(47) : error C2664: 'StringFromGUID2' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'GUID *' to 'const GUID &'
Reason: cannot convert from 'GUID *' to 'const GUID'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous

How can I solve this?

TIA
--
hua

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//-------------------------
// GuID generieren
// Stefan Haupt, April 2005
//-------------------------
#include "FiveWin.ch"

//------------------------------------------------------------------
// standard 32 byte's M$ GuID
//------------------------------------------------------------------
FUNCTION CreateGuID32 (lNoBracket, lNoDash)

LOCAL cGuID := NewGuid()

DEFAULT lNoBracket := .t.
DEFAULT lNoDash    := .f.

IF lNoBracket
  cGuid := strtran(cGuid,"{")
  cGuid := strtran(cGuid, "}")
ENDIF
IF lNoDash
  cGuid := strtran(cGuid,"-")
ENDIF

RETURN (cGuID)



// Many thanks to Valerie for his help
// and these 2 functions

#pragma BEGINDUMP
#include <windows.h>
#include "hbapi.h"

//------------------------------------------------------------------
// standard 32 byte's M$ guid
//------------------------------------------------------------------
HB_FUNC( NEWGUID )
{
GUID guid;
char obuff[38];
memset( obuff, 0x0, 38 );
if ( CoCreateGuid(&guid) == NULL )
   {
    OLECHAR tmpbuff[76];
    StringFromGUID2(&guid,tmpbuff,76);
    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_OEMCP,0,tmpbuff,-1,obuff,38,NULL,NULL);
   }
hb_retclen(obuff,38);
}

#pragma ENDDUMP
 

[hua]

1. rc.exe seems to choke on

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1041 bitmap loadoncall moveable discardable "j:\sw-dev\hi-res menus\tplus\bmp\1041.bmp"

Possibly due to space in the path name? Is replacing it with a short file name the only solution?

2. All my rc's were created using Borland C++ 5.02, rc spit out another error message

common.rc (8): error RC2104 : undefined keyword or key name: DS_MODALFRAME

What's the correct solution to this? Should I stop using BRW?

TIA
--
hua

[hua]

I compile using batch files and rmk's (Clipper's rmake) with macro definition to control compiling,

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rem link.bat
call rmake jnl /d%1

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// jnl.rmk
#ifdef PACKAGE1
 switch=/dPACKAGE1
#else
  #ifdef PACKAGE2
    switch=/dPACKAGE2
  #else
    switch=
  #endif
#endif

.prg.obj:
   c:\hb21\bin\harbour $< $(switch) /m /p /n /q /ic:\fwh\include;c:\hb21\include  > comp.log
 

How to achieve the same effect using nmake? I already created my make file, just not sure how to implement the conditional compiling logic outlined above.

TIA

[hua]

I compile using batch files and rmk's (Clipper's rmake) with macro definition to control compiling,

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rem link.bat
call rmake jnl /d%1

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// jnl.rmk
#ifdef PACKAGE1
 switch=/dPACKAGE1
#else
  #ifdef PACKAGE2
    switch=/dPACKAGE2
  #else
    switch=
  #endif
#endif

.prg.obj:
   c:\hb21\bin\harbour $< $(switch) /m /p /n /q /ic:\fwh\include;c:\hb21\include  > comp.log
 

How to achieve the same effect using nmake? I already created my make file, just not sure how to implement the conditional compiling logic outlined above.

Solved the nmake part.

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rem link.bat
if "%1"=="" goto NoDefine
call nmake -fjnl.mak SWITCH=/d%1

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# nmake's make file
.prg.c:
   $(HBDIR)\bin\harbour $< $(SWITCH) /n /i$(FWDIR)\include;$(HBDIR)\include

[TimStone]

I see you posted a lot of questions "overnight". I know Antonio has been working on these things very late at night ( or early morning his time ), so responses may be delayed from him.

If you have questions you can AIM chat ( MLSDG ) for a faster response, or email me directly ( "timstone@masterlinksoftware.com" ). I don't monitor the forum all day but email and IM are always live.

What tools are you using. It would appear you are implementing Harbour, but what C compiler ? I missed that.

I am using Visual Studio 2010, and Antonio is using the Express ( Free ) version for the linking and VC++ compiler.

I am using the build created in UE Studio but I believe there is a make utility in the Harbour bin.

RC's are a bit more interesting. The bottom line is that you can simply link in an .res file created with an rc compiler. I am using the one from VC 98 because the ones with VC 2005, VC 2008, and VC 2010 have issues with symbols and the linker. I've also successfully used the .res created with xBuilder.

I actually do most of my .rc file editing with a text editor. That may sound difficult, but once you understand how the line of code is structured, it makes it easy to line up all the controls vertically and horizontally. UE Studio allows you to edit the text and then display the result which is fine. If you are using Borlands Resource editor, get rid of the Borland specific controls / code. That gives you more flexibility. Someone posted, I believe earlier in this thread, about a free .rc compiler you can check out.

I still have some issues to resolve, but the majority of my program is now working. Yes, it is a very large, complex, program so my statement is significant !