[flext] Building Flext on Windows... anyone got it working?

[Jamie Bullock]

Thanks Thomas for the quick reply.

Compiling with MSYS, I get a bit further, but it fails with:

g++ -c  -O3  -DFLEXT_USE_SIMD -DNDEBUG -DFLEXT_EXPORTS -DFLEXT_SYS=2 -DPD -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x500 -I pd-msvc/release-single -I"/c/Program Files (x86)/Pd"\src -I"/c/Program Files (x86)/Pd"/src -I"/c/Program Files (x86)/Pd"/include -I"/c/Program Files (x86)/Pd"/include/pd -I"/c/Program Files (x86)/Pd"\flext\source\lockfree  source/fltimer.cpp -o pd-msvc/release-single/fltimer.opp
source/fltimer.cpp: In function 'double getstarttime()':
source/fltimer.cpp:51:41: error: 'TimerVars' is not a template
     if(QueryPerformanceFrequency(&frq)) TimerVars<>::perffrq = (double)frq.QuadPart;
                                         ^
source/fltimer.cpp:51:62: error: qualified-id in declaration before '=' token
     if(QueryPerformanceFrequency(&frq)) TimerVars<>::perffrq = (double)frq.QuadPart;
                                                              ^
source/fltimer.cpp: In static member function 'static double flext_single::GetOSTime()':
source/fltimer.cpp:64:8: error: 'perffrq' was not declared in this scope
     if(perffrq && QueryPerformanceCounter(&cnt))
        ^
source/fltimer.cpp:65:27: error: 'TimerVars' is not a template
         tm = cnt.QuadPart/TimerVars<>::perffrq;
                           ^
source/fltimer.cpp: In static member function 'static void flext_single::Sleep(double)':
source/fltimer.cpp:109:8: error: 'perffrq' was not declared in this scope
     if(perffrq && QueryPerformanceCounter(&cnt)) {
        ^
make[1]: *** [pd-msvc/release-single/fltimer.opp] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/flext'
make: *** [build-release-single] Error 2


Any ideas?


> On 10 May 2017, at 22:29, Thomas Grill <gr at grrrr.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jamie,
> i suggest to use a linux-like environment such as mingw, also providing gcc and other tools.
> I am pretty sure that the Visual Studio or whatever it is called these days has changed enough to be incompatible with the project files that some objects provide.
> best, Thomas
> 
> --
> Thomas Grill
> http://grrrr.org
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 10.05.2017 um 23:25 schrieb Jamie Bullock <jamie at jamiebullock.com>:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I asked about this a few years ago and didn’t manage to get Flext building on Windows, and now I’m trying again…
>> 
>> My first approach is to use nmake and the command line. This fails immediately compiling flbase with:
>> 
>>> c:\flext\source\flstdc.h(24): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'cmath': No such file or directory
>> 
>> Has anyone managed to compile Flext on Windows in recent years? If so, what’s the best approach? What extra steps are needed?
>> 
>> 
>> Jamie
>> 
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