Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/26/20:54:08
"Orlando A. Andico" <orly AT psylocke DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph> wrote:
>On 23 Mar 1996, Benjamin wrote:
>> You can get a windows.h file from the WINE distribution at:
>> ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/
>> Of course, I have yet to try using this particular windows.h file, but
>> it is pointed to by the FAQ
>Do *not* use that windows.h file!!! (at least, not the one which comes
>with the latest 96xxx version of WINE). I got that from sunsite because
>I wanted to build RSXWDK for v2 (the libs are for v1) but it's a *total
>rewrite* of windows.h by some people, probably to avoid legal trouble.
>Needless to say, it doesn't work (tons of error messages). Perhaps the
>older versions of WINE have the appropriate windows.h files. I would
>suggest however "borrowing" the windows.h from a DOS compiler (if
>you have one) such as Turbo C++/Windows.
I "borrowed" a version from VC++. It didn't work and I threw it away.
"Tons" of error messsages is an understatement.
The one from WINE worked fine, that is wine 9602. I must confess that I
haven't actually got a windows program to work, as such, but at least gcc -c
xx.c works.
Why isn't life ever easy.
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steve DOT rogerson AT cityscape DOT co DOT uk Forest of Dean, UK
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