[PD-dev] Compiling Externals with Visual C++ 7|.net

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I don't know much about Windows programming, but you can find a working  
example of building externals on Windows in the CVS.  If you "cvs co  
externals", you'll find it under externals/build/win, or in a number of  
other directories.

There have also been threads about using VS7.net on this list before,  
check the archives.

.hc

On Monday, Oct 6, 2003, at 10:25 America/New_York, aziz wrote:

> hullo list,
> Ive just decided to start on externals programing, and came upon my  
> first stumble, pd cant find the (extern)_setup method. I tried to find  
> a solution in the mailing list, coming up to no_export clues. I dont  
> know if its relevant or at all has been solved(compiling with msdev)  
> but i just wanna share my 1 hour frustration(more has yet to come) and  
> joy. It bore down to the fact that the linker doesnt export the  
> function under a default dll project, nor could i find an easy setting  
> in msdev to export that function. I found it easiest thus,
> i. start an empty win32 project
> ii. write your code (mine was just in one cpp)
> iii-a. under the property pages, go to Linker, go to Command line,  
> then in the text box, Additional Options type        
> /EXPORT:[extern]_setup
> iii-b. declare export dll with a microsoft specific modifier,  
> __declspec, your setup function would look like this
>    __declspec(dllexport) void foo_setup(void){}
>
> at first i thought i would be able to achieve this same thing only  
> with extern (yes, too long no programming) or set the []_setup as the  
> dll entry point, but didnt happen. I think iii-b, shouldnt be used  
> because its not crosscompilable. Hey, any malaysian or aSean pd'ers |  
> extern progammers out there? its lonely here! ; ]
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PD-dev mailing list
> PD-dev at iem.at
> http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-dev
>

________________________________________________________________________ 
____

"[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are  
deliberately throwing it away
to benefit those who profit from scarcity."
							-John Gilmore