[flext] R: Re: Re: Troubles building flext

Thomas Grill gr at grrrr.org
Tue Jul 19 01:52:05 CEST 2011 

Hi Matteo,
yes, as with most SDKs you have to build and install the flext package
(headers and libraries) first before you can compile and link your
project with it.
See readme.txt and build.txt of the flext package.
It is indeed possible to do without installing but this is not that
straightforward (and not covered by the docs).
gr~~~

2011/7/19 Matteo Zichella <matteo.zichella at studenti.unimi.it>:
> Hi Thomas, thanks for your interest. Actually i have to build the external by nonpolynomial labs np_mindset, but first i have to build and install flext or i'm wrong?
>
>
> Is it possible to build an external without instaling flext? Sorry but i' m very confused!
>
>
>
> Il 17/07/11, Thomas Grill <gr at grrrr.org> ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi Matteo,
>> i'm sorry, i misread your original mail, thinking that you had
>> troubles building your own external using flext.
>> Problems with building flext proper are more serious, and i can't
>> really help you, because i don' have a Windows machine.
>> By the way, please always respond to the list - you may want to ask
>> other Windows developers there if they can help you.
>>
>> all the best, Thomas
>>
>> 2011/7/17 Matteo Zichella <matteo.zichella at studenti.unimi.it>:
>> > Thanks for the reply. This is the content of package.txt:
>> >
>> > #
>> > # flext - C++ layer for Max/MSP and pd (pure data) externals
>> > #
>> > # Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Thomas Grill (gr at grrrr.org)
>> > #
>> > # $LastChangedRevision: 3659 $
>> > # $LastChangedDate: 2009-02-10 00:05:18 +0100 (mar, 10 feb 2009) $
>> > # $LastChangedBy: thomas $
>> > #
>> > # For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL
>> > # WARRANTIES, see the file, "license.txt," in this distribution.
>> > #
>> > # more information on http://grrrr.org/ext
>> > # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > #
>> > # This file contains information for the building process
>> > #
>> > # DO NOT EDIT!!
>> > #
>> > # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> > NAME=flext
>> >
>> >
>> > BUILDCLASS=flext
>> > BUILDMODE=all
>> > BUILDTYPE=all
>> >
>> >
>> > BUILDDIR=build
>> >
>> >
>> > SRCDIR=source
>> >
>> >
>> > PRECOMPILE=flext.h
>> >
>> >
>> > SRCS= \
>> >        flbase.cpp flext.cpp flbuf.cpp fldsp.cpp fllib.cpp \
>> >        flxlet.cpp flattr.cpp flattr_ed.cpp flsupport.cpp \
>> >        flutil.cpp flatom.cpp flatom_pr.cpp flthr.cpp fltimer.cpp flsimd.cpp flout.cpp \
>> >        flatom_part.cpp flitem.cpp flmeth.cpp flmsg.cpp \
>> >        flproxy.cpp flqueue.cpp flbind.cpp flmap.cpp
>> > HDRS= \
>> >        flext.h flprefix.h flstdc.h flinternal.h flfeatures.h \
>> >        flpushns.h flpopns.h \
>> >        flbase.h flclass.h flsupport.h fldsp.h \
>> >        flmap.h flcontainers.h \
>> >        fldefs.h fldefs_hdr.h fldefs_setup.h \
>> >        fldefs_methcb.h fldefs_meththr.h fldefs_methadd.h fldefs_methbind.h fldefs_methcall.h \
>> >        fldefs_attrcb.h fldefs_attrvar.h fldefs_attradd.h \
>> >     lockfree/prefix.hpp lockfree/cas.hpp lockfree/branch_hints.hpp \
>> >     lockfree/atomic_int.hpp lockfree/atomic_ptr.hpp \
>> >     lockfree/fifo.hpp lockfree/stack.hpp
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SRCS_SNDOBJ=flsndobj.cpp
>> > HDRS_SNDOBJ=flsndobj.h
>> >
>> >
>> > SRCS_STK=flstk.cpp
>> > HDRS_STK=flstk.h
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is the content of config-win-max-msvc.txt
>> >
>> >
>> > # where are the Max/MSP SDK header files?
>> > # you should have the latest version!
>> > MAXSDKPATH="C:\Cycling74\Max50\MaxSDK517\c74support"
>> >
>> > # where is MS VC++?
>> > # (not necessary if the build is run with the compiler environment)
>> > #MSVCPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC"
>> >
>> > ###############################################################
>> >
>> > # where do/should the flext headers reside/be built?
>> > FLEXTINC="C:\Users\ZikyMan\Downloads\flext\source"
>> >
>> > # where do/should the flext static libraries reside/be built?
>> > FLEXTLIB=$(FLEXTINC)
>> >
>> > # where do/should the flext shared libraries reside/be built?
>> > # (a good place is the MaxMSP program folder)
>> > FLEXTSHLIB="C:\Cycling74\Max50"
>> >
>> > ###############################################################
>> >
>> > # where should the external be built?
>> > # (path for temporary files)
>> > OUTPATH=max-msvc
>> >
>> > # where should the external be installed?
>> > INSTPATH="C:\Cycling74\Max50\externals\flext"
>> >
>> > # where should the initialization files be installed?
>> > INITPATH="C:\Cycling74\init"
>> >
>> > # where should the help files be installed?
>> > HELPPATH="C:\Cycling74\Max5.0\max-help\flext"
>> >
>> > ###############################################################
>> >
>> > # where is the STK installation?
>> > # (uncomment the line with # to disable STK support)
>> > # --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > # In order to use STK you must have an stk.lib library
>> > # Using MSVC you can build it as following (from the STK main folder):
>> > #   cl /c /GR /EHsc /Iinclude /MT /Ox src\*.cpp
>> > #     (in case you define DYNAMIC=1 below, omit the /MT flag and set /MD instead)
>> > #     (you will get errors for some files, you can ignore them in the flext context)
>> > #   lib *.obj /out:stk.lib
>> > #
>> >
>> > # where to find the STK header files (e.g. stk.h)
>> > STK_INC=%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\stk\include
>> >
>> > # where to find the STK library (normally stk.lib)
>> > # (comment out STK_LIB if you don't use STK)
>> > #STK_LIB=%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\stk\stk.lib
>> >
>> > # where is the Sndobjs installation?
>> > # (uncomment the line with # to disable SNDOBJ support)
>> > # --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > # Please be sure to delete an eventual m_pd.h file from the SNDOBJ include folder!!
>> > # Flext must be compiled with the same compiler version as the SNDOBJ lib (default MSVC6)
>> > #
>> >
>> > # where to find the SndObj header files (e.g. SndObj.h)
>> > SNDOBJ_INC=%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\SndObj\include
>> >
>> > # where to find the SndObj library (normally SndObj.lib)
>> > # (comment out SNDOBJ_LIB if you don't use SndObj)
>> > #SNDOBJ_LIB=%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\SndObj\lib\SndObj.lib
>> >
>> > ###############################################################
>> >
>> > # some user-definable flags
>> > # (check if they match your system!)
>> > OFLAGS=/Ox
>> > # optimizations for Pentium 4
>> > #OFLAGS=$(OFLAGS) /G6 /arch:SSE
>> >
>> > # uncomment to link against dynamic C runtime libraries
>> > # (that's ok if you compile with VC++ 7.0 and 7.1)
>> > #DYNAMIC=1
>> >
>> >
>> > I downloaded the sources the last version of via subversion.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Il 17/07/11, Thomas Grill  <gr at grrrr.org> ha scritto:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Matteo,
>> >> i can't reproduce your problem because i dont have access to a Windows
>> >> machine. Nevertheless flext has been compiled many times using VC++
>> >> 2008, so it should work for you too.
>> >> Most important would be to know _what_ exactly you want to compile, so
>> >> please show us your sources and the contents of package.txt.
>> >> gr~~~
>> >>
>> >> 2011/7/15 Matteo Zichella <matteo.zichella at studenti.unimi.it>:
>> >> > Hi to all, i'm having several troubles building flext with visual studio
>> >> > 2008 and windows 7 professional x64. Every time i try to build flext the
>> >> > compiler came up with a fatal error :
>> >> > C:\Users\ZikyMan\Downloads\flext>build max msvc
>> >> > ------------------------------------------------
>> >> > Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
>> >> > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>> >> >         1 file copiati.
>> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > A default system configuration file has been created.
>> >> > Please edit
>> >> > C:\Users\ZikyMan\Downloads\flext\buildsys\config-win-max-msvc.txt
>> >> > to match your platform and start again.
>> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'exit' : return code '0x1'
>> >> > Stop.
>> >> > Anyway i set up my config-win-max-msvc.txt and the config.txt file created
>> >> > at the second launch of build max msvc. When i try to build after the
>> >> > creation of the config.txt, the compiler came up with a lot of errors :
>> >> >   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\ivec.h(133
>> >> > ) : see declaration of 'I32vec2'
>> >> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\ivec.h(743) :
>> >> > erro
>> >> > r C2733: second C linkage of overloaded function 'operator -' not allowed
>> >> >         C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> >> > 9.0\VC\include\ivec.h(743
>> >> > ) : see declaration of 'operator -'
>> >> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\ivec.h(743) :
>> >> > fata
>> >> > l error C1003: error count exceeds 100; stopping compilation
>> >> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> >> > 9.0\
>> >> > VC\BIN\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
>> >> > Stop.
>> >> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> >> > 9.0\
>> >> > VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
>> >> > Stop.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm not skilled in C programming, and i can't figure out what's wrong. I
>> >> > really need to get flext working because i'm writing a thesis for my first
>> >> > level degree, and i'm going crazy! I Hope in yor help, thank in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> >                                                             Matteo Zichella
>> >> > P.S. Sorry for my not perfect english!
>> >> >
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thomas Grill
>> >> http://grrrr.org
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>> Thomas Grill
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