Compiling Source with VS2008

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Hiya,

I just got me a copy of VS2008 (for free, thanks to a Computer Science degree! ), and I can't get the OpenMPT source to compile. The error I receive is:

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StdAfx.cpp
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\\include\sdkddkver.h(217) : fatal error C1189: #error :  _WIN32_WINNT settings conflicts with _WIN32_IE setting


Any help? I'd like to be able to start poking around in the code, but I don't want to start until I at least know it'll compile.

Thanks!

[Relabsoluness]

Try adding line
#define _WIN32_IE 0x401
right after line  
#define WINVER   0x0401
in file "stdafx.h" (if this doesn't work, check the documentation: e.g. press F1 when cursor is on text "_WIN32_IE"). When I compiled OMPT with VC2008, the GUI had the 'old style'-look like in MPT 1.16 - I would interested to hear if the same happens for you.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Thanks! That got the ball rolling... right until it tells me it's missing dsound.h. :/

[Relabsoluness]

Thanks! That got the ball rolling... right until it tells me it's missing dsound.h. :/

I think I had this problem as well. My guess is that the file is in DirectX SDK, which may have to be downloaded separately.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Thanks... I'm downloading the DXSDK now. Anything else I should get while I'm at it?

[Relabsoluness]

Thanks... I'm downloading the DXSDK now. Anything else I should get while I'm at it?

Not expecting clear and understandable code and having a good proportion of persistence might prove useful

[Relabsoluness]

Did you get the code to compile?

[bvanoudtshoorn]

You use Perl?

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Performing Post-Build Event...
'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Post-Build Event..."

[Relabsoluness]

You use Perl?

No. But good that you got it compiled.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Yeah, it compiled. And yes, I got the old windows interface. Obviously the resource xml file isn't being included.  :shock:

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Hmm... :/ Just fiddling with little things, like redoing the icons to use Tango icons (which are nice and 32bit). Can't get it to work, though. I'll tell you what - working with icons this way is *much* clunkier than in Delphi.

[residentgrey]

BTW has anyone reshacked MPT successfully? I never tried it yet. one could do some amazing things to it that way.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Yeah, I've reshacked it a couple of times. I replaced the splash screen with my own.

Thing is, when you reshack, you have to use *exactly* the same image format - colour depth, width, and height, or it doesn't work.