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On 19.03.2010, at 06:18, Robin Rowe wrote:
> Can someone help with FLTK issues in Windows 7? I'm testing the latest
> tarballs of FLTK 1.3 and FLTK 2.0.
FLTK 2.0 is currently not supported and outdated, many things are
broken. You shouldn't use it if you don't need to (because you
have old code).
> 1. After VC++ 2008 Express converts the FLTK 1.3 project file, it defaults to
> debug-cairo config, which won't build due to missing cairo header files.
Sorry for the inconvenience, you probably picked the "wrong" project
files. There are several, and not all of them work OOTB.
> Have to switch to debug configuration. Really needs to be in the README if
> it's this difficult. Naive programmer would have no clue what to do.
Yes, you're right, I'll take a look at the README file and correct it.
Currently there are three subdirs in the ide/ directory:
VisualC6: the newest, should be up-to-date, but needs testing
should work OOTB, but please report any issues. This will
probably be the only supported VS IDE project in the future.
I don't know if the latest updates are already reflected,
you will maybe need to add some files manually, but this is
the VS project you should use.
vc2005: That's the one you probably used. It's not up-to-date
(missing files) and the project settings are obviously wrong.
You must switch to debug or release mode if you don't have
Cairo installed.
visualc: the oldest VS version, but the project files are almost
up-to-date. You *will* have to add some new files manually.
BTW.: FLTK 1.3 is in development, and current subversion and/or
the latest snapshots are not always guaranteed to build without
problems, but we're trying to fix any issues.
> 2. Since the docs say it's supported on Windows, why can't I build
> debug-cairo on Win7?
You need to install Cairo (it's not provided by FLTK), but see above.
> 3. FLTK 1.3 builds fine in debug config. However, widgets are B&W, have no
> grey. They look awful whether gtk+ or plastic style. How do I get pretty
> widgets?
I've never heard about this before. Builds okay for me and many
others, but I'm using autoconf/make with Cygwin or MinGW, and
that's the most actively maintained configuration. So if you
want to go that route, it would be the easiest to install MinGW
and MSYS and read this: http://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L598
But before you try this, you may want to use the VisualC6 project
files for another try.
> 4. FLTK 2.0 won't build in debug config. See linker errors below.
Yes, that's a known problem. Currently this won't be fixed, but
there are some hints available. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !
http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2236
http://www.fltk.org/str.php?L2240
As said before, FLTK 2 is currently not maintained, and you won't
get much help in the news group/mailing list/forum.
Albrecht
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