Hi all,
I was in a hurry when posting the previous message to the list about
help with compiling Neko.
Now I have time to elaborate my problem. My target system is Windows XP
32bit. I am distributing a Autorun CD that in turn loads a SWHX
Application with the Flash plugin embedded. The user has no need to
install anything to execute the program.
I have done this kind of work before, and never found a problem.
But now, I have coded a HaXe/Flash AS3 map program that loads a lot of
JPG images on demand (when scrolling with the mouse). If the user moves
the map, sometimes (not always) the program fails with this alert box:
/- Fatal error in gc --------x-\
| (X) SuspendThread failed |
| [ OK ] |
\------------------------------/
I searched over the mailing lists, forums, blogs, etc. and I found this:
[Neko] Fatal error in gc (Nov 2008)
http://lists.motion-twin.com/pipermail/neko/2008-November/002442.html
http://lists.motion-twin.com/pipermail/neko/2008-November/002443.html
In that thread, Nicolas Cannasse tells that the problem is related to
GC.DLL library used and some Antivirus programs. In fact, if I attach a
Visual Studio debugger to the program it never fails!
In the same thread, Nicolas suggests:
Nicolas said: "As for your application, if you're not using
mod_neko you can ship a Neko version with the GC_use_DllMain()
commented out and it should work like a charm."
That was I tried, comment the line #120 in alloc.c, inside nekovm_dll
project (at Visual Studio Solution).
But, I then faced the following problem: old MSVCRT (6.0) has to be
referenced.
http://ncannasse.fr/blog/binaries_backward_compatibility
I have an old Visual C++ 6.0 installation, and therefore I can access
the required .lib file, but I can not go any further... The provided
Visual Studio 2003 solution does not compile :-(
I do not know how to follow the steps suggested by Matt Campbell on that
blog post.
So, I ask you for help with this.
If any of you can compile a Windows Neko executable with that "alloc.c"
line commented, and send it to me, I will be very grateful.
Or, if you can guide me to be able to compile Neko with Visual Studio
2008 and MSVCRT60.lib (which I have), I also will be very grateful.
Anyway, if you know this error is already fixed in some HaXe/SWHX/Neko
version, can you tell me? I am currently using HaXe 2.0.5, Neko 1.8.1
and SWHX 1.2.0 (all targeting Flash AS3, played with a Flash 10 embedded
player).
Thanks for your information and time
Regards
--
Neko : One VM to run them all
(http://nekovm.org)
