Re: Problems linking c++/SWI executable for Windows

On 11/06/2013 02:38 AM, Kaitain Jones wrote:
>> Using MSVC 2009 (Express version), I can _now_ link to both the 32
>> and 64-bit versions.  This was achieved by following the MinGW FAQ
>> for creating libswipl.lib by making MinGW generate a .def file and
>> using MSVC lib.exe to create the .lib file from there.
> 
>> This is now in the GIT repo, so tomorrow's daily build should ship
>> with .lib files (if we are lucky).
> 
> Thanks for this, Jan. Finally got up and running with SWI embedded into an
> MSVC Windows app today.
> 
> Interestingly, I could ONLY get the 64-bit version working (this is on MSVC
> 2010). I could build and link with both, but the 32-bit version exploded on
> the launchpad with an “Application was unable to start correctly
> (0x000007b)” error. I'm assuming this is from a 32 vs 64 bit mismatch
> somewhere, i.e. the problem is likely at my end. I'll see if I can sort
> that one out later.

I was also a bit astonished that MSVC can silently link to MinGW's .dll.a
files after renaming them, but the result simply crashes in a way which no
debugger can make sense of :-(  Please try a simple hello-world like app
first, so you are sure there are no weird things going on.  Also make
sure there are no traces of renamed .dll.a files ...

	Success --- Jan