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..?

It works.  I've uploaded the code and script that proves this to

http://www.swi-prolog.org/download/misc/msvc32-demo.tgz

(tried to mail it first, but it was rejected because it contains
Windows script files).

Hope this helps you isolating the problem.

	Cheers --- Jan