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

On 11/07/2013 12:34 AM, Kaitain Jones wrote:
>  > 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 ...
>
> Just to clarify, were you able to run a 32-bit exe, embedding SWI,
> compiled and linked using MSVC, or were you only able to compile and
> link it? And were you able to try 64-bit?
>
> To reiterate, I can now compile, link and run a 64-bit exe using MSVC,
> make queries to SWIPL, iterate through solutions etc. Everything looks
> good so far. But 32-bit blows up instantly, and doesn't even get into
> Main...sounds like you encountered this as well..?

That very much is what happened when I tried to link to libswipl.dll.a
from MinGW using MSVC.  But, with the new .lib file, I get the attached
result (packed with tar and gzip as virus checkers often dislike .zip
files :-).

The proof is in script.txt, which is below

	--- Jan

===============================================================
C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>dir
  Volume in drive C has no label.
  Volume Serial Number is 9C54-E2FE

  Directory of C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32

11/07/2013  12:15 PM    <DIR>          .
11/07/2013  12:15 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/31/2013  02:34 PM               631 hello.c
11/07/2013  12:13 PM            37,376 hello.exe
11/07/2013  12:13 PM             1,713 hello.obj
10/31/2013  02:35 PM                83 make.cmd
10/31/2013  02:36 PM               303 setvars.bat
                5 File(s)         40,106 bytes
                2 Dir(s)   5,132,341,248 bytes free

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>call setvars.bat

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>set 
PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windo
ws\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>call "C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.
bat"  1>nul

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>set 
SWI_HOME_DIR=E:\mingw32\swipl

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>set 
LIB=E:\mingw32\swipl\lib;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stud
io 9.0\VC\ATLMFC\LIB;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\VC\LIB;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v
7.0\lib;

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>set 
PATH=E:\mingw32\swipl\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stu
dio 9.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual St
udio 9.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\Common7\Tools\bin;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Fra
mework\;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\\Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 
(Pre-Release Version);C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\
Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Wi
ndows\v7.0\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 


C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>make

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>rem call setvars.bat

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>cl /DEBUG 
-I"E:\mingw32\swipl\include" hello.c libswipl.lib
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 
for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

hello.c
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 9.00.30729.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

/out:hello.exe
hello.obj
libswipl.lib

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>hello list
Hello list!

C:\Users\Jan Wielemaker\src\swipl-to-c\msvc-32>
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