• Ant <Someone nowhere.com> Oct 31 2004
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Nov 02 2004
• Ant <Someone nowhere.com> Nov 02 2004
• "Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> Nov 22 2004
• "Denis Troshin" <weiv mail.ru> Dec 15 2004
• carlson stennis.navy.mil Dec 22 2004

Hi,

I am trying to compile a test win32 app with dm (cd version) 8.41.

In VC++ to add toolbars etc requires the Comctl32.lib and commctrl.h 
file included in project which I have also done in dm using DM lib and 
include dirs.

Where is INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX defined ??? this works in VC++6, but I am 
guessing it must be some sort of M$ typedef or something?

I keep getting the error INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX undefined in IDDE , I 
could not see this in the comctrl.h file as a define, which is what I am 
wrongly or rightly assuming is causing the error

Does anyone know how to get around this please

Cheers

Try using coff2omf on the import library for comctl32.lib that came with
your VC++6.

"Ant" <Someone nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:cm42a9$2brs$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Hi,

 I am trying to compile a test win32 app with dm (cd version) 8.41.

 In VC++ to add toolbars etc requires the Comctl32.lib and commctrl.h
 file included in project which I have also done in dm using DM lib and
 include dirs.

 Where is INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX defined ??? this works in VC++6, but I am
 guessing it must be some sort of M$ typedef or something?

 I keep getting the error INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX undefined in IDDE , I
 could not see this in the comctrl.h file as a define, which is what I am
 wrongly or rightly assuming is causing the error

 Does anyone know how to get around this please

 Cheers

Walter wrote:
 Try using coff2omf on the import library for comctl32.lib that came with
 your VC++6.
 


Thanks Walter,
But I was using the LIB supplied with DMC, unfortunately VC6 is what I 
use or rather fight with every day at work, I only use DMC OW and GCC at 
home.

If I were to use coff2omf on the OW Libs, would this hose the libs for 
OW and should I do the coff2omf on a copy of the win32 Libs?

Better idea still, I have been toying with the idea of downloading and 
installing the new platform sdk which I believe includes the Win32 Libs etc.

Are there any plans in the future to modify the linker to work with coff 
  format?

I have seen on the DMC site about replacing DMC linker with OW 1.1 
linker, but this looks like too much like hard work to implement I guess 
I could just do a coff2omf *.lib to convert all the libs to DMC omf format?

Better still I have been watching for some time now the progress of D 
with great interest, sorry this is a bit OT but how useable is D right 
now and since it uses DM backend will the same problems occur trying to 
use Win32 API Libs with D??

I ask this, because I do not want to use up a lot of time learning D now 
if it is not quite ready for Win32 programing and DB programming, but 
will look at it more in future if it is not quite ready yet.

I also mote that the only IDE I can see for D is Eclipse, A Java IDE?? 
for D ??? I have seen a wicked little editor that supports D called PSPAD
http://www.pspad.com/en/

Thanks
A

"Ant" <Someone nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:cm9777$bf9$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Thanks Walter,
 But I was using the LIB supplied with DMC, unfortunately VC6 is what I
 use or rather fight with every day at work, I only use DMC OW and GCC at
 home.

 If I were to use coff2omf on the OW Libs, would this hose the libs for
 OW and should I do the coff2omf on a copy of the win32 Libs?


You should do it on a copy.

 Better idea still, I have been toying with the idea of downloading and
 installing the new platform sdk which I believe includes the Win32 Libs


 Are there any plans in the future to modify the linker to work with coff
   format?


Eventually this will have to happen.

 I have seen on the DMC site about replacing DMC linker with OW 1.1
 linker, but this looks like too much like hard work to implement I guess
 I could just do a coff2omf *.lib to convert all the libs to DMC omf



That's what I'd try first.

 Better still I have been watching for some time now the progress of D
 with great interest, sorry this is a bit OT but how useable is D right
 now and since it uses DM backend will the same problems occur trying to
 use Win32 API Libs with D??


Yes.

 I ask this, because I do not want to use up a lot of time learning D now
 if it is not quite ready for Win32 programing and DB programming, but
 will look at it more in future if it is not quite ready yet.


If there's a specific library you need, post on the newsgroup. Someone has
probably already done the work on it.

 I also mote that the only IDE I can see for D is Eclipse, A Java IDE??
 for D ??? I have seen a wicked little editor that supports D called PSPAD
 http://www.pspad.com/en/


The IDE category is wide open <g>.

In article <cm42a9$2brs$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ant says...
Where is INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX defined ??? this works in VC++6, but I am 
guessing it must be some sort of M$ typedef or something?


I added these lines to COMMCTRL.H
//--------------------------------------
typedef struct tagINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX {
DWORD dwSize;
DWORD dwICC;
} INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX, *LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX;

BOOL WINAPI InitCommonControlsEx(LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
//--------------------------------------
InitCommonControlsEx is already in COMCTL32.LIB (DMC 8.41)
No need to replace this lib.

The problem is comctl32.lib is not getting linked into the program.  If you can
solve that let me know.

In article <cm42a9$2brs$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ant says...
Hi,

I am trying to compile a test win32 app with dm (cd version) 8.41.

In VC++ to add toolbars etc requires the Comctl32.lib and commctrl.h 
file included in project which I have also done in dm using DM lib and 
include dirs.

Where is INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX defined ??? this works in VC++6, but I am 
guessing it must be some sort of M$ typedef or something?

I keep getting the error INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX undefined in IDDE , I 
could not see this in the comctrl.h file as a define, which is what I am 
wrongly or rightly assuming is causing the error

Does anyone know how to get around this please

Cheers


Jay