>> Hi, I am trying to compile and use outboard modules on Intel with Win2k
>> using both
>> the 4.0.9 cygwin release and the 4.1.1 Microsoft Visual C++
>> version posted
>> recently.
>> I can compile a module (well it doesn't complain) using cygwin 1.1.1
>> and the Makefile below.
>
>For MSVC, you should be able to compile yur modules using Microsoft Visual
C/C++
>6.0. The libraries included with DX 4.1.1 are for MSVC 6.0 SP3.
>Create a project and add the userScreenObject.c ScreenObject.c,
>add opendx\include to include PATH, and link to libDXlite.lib?
I don't have MSVC on my machine so I had to use Cygwin. Have you tried
loading
an outboard module compiled using MSVC
>>However when I go to run a net which uses the
>> module I get a "failed to send data to module"
>> message from both distributions. Snippet from mdf file I load up is also
>> below.
>There is a batch file called mdf.bat, which might work to create *c from
>*.mdf, though not well tested.
I used this. Seemed to work ok.
>Sorry... someone else might have an example for you. Looks like your
module
>is not loading. Do you have DXMODULES defines? I did not experiment
>but MSVC compiled DX should be able to load cygwin compiled modules
>and vice versa.
>Suhaib
Tried setting the DXMODULES variable still no change.
Is there anyone on this list who can confirm that they can compile an
outboard
module using Cygwin 1.1.0 and it loaded by either MSVC version OpendDX 4.1.1
or
cygwin version OpenDX 4.0.9?
Thanks for all your work Suhaib in getting OpendDX going on Windows. If I
could just
get this module thing working I would be a happy chappy indeed.
Cheers,
Simon.
>
> MODULE ScreenObject
> CATEGORY U of M
> DESCRIPTION Turn an Object into a Screen Object
> OUTBOARD /usr/local/share/dx/modules/screen-cygwin.exe;
> INPUT Object; field or group or object; (none); Object to be made into
> a Screen Object
> INPUT Position; integer; 1; Final Screen Position
> INPUT Display; integer; 1; {-1, 0, 1} : Behind, Equal, In Front
> OUTPUT SObject; group; SOject
>
>
> FILES_ScreenObject = userScreenObject.o ScreenObject.o
> BASE = /usr/local/dx
> BIN = $(BASE)/bin
> CFLAGS = -O -Dcygwin -I$(BASE)/include
> LDFLAGS=-L$(BASE)/lib_cygwin
> OLIBS = -lDXlite -lm
> # create the necessary executable
> screen: $(FILES_ScreenObject) outboard.o
> $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(FILES_ScreenObject) outboard.o $(OLIBS) -o screen.exe
>
> # how to make the outboard main routine
> outboard.o: $(BASE)/lib/outboard.c
> $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DUSERMODULE=m_ScreenObject -c $(BASE)/lib/outboard.c
>
> # make the user files
> userScreenObject.c: ScreenObject.mdf
> $(BIN)/mdf2c -m ScreenObject.mdf > userScreenObject.c
