No doubt the MingW error is due to "late night noob compiling", I tried putting \Argyll_V1.3.3\ in the path, then found some of the #include header files scattered through various directories, then thought there has to be an easier way and went to bed... >C:\Argyll_V1.3.3\spectro>G++ ss_imp.c -o ss_imp.exe >ss_imp.c:46:23: fatal error: copyright.h: No such file or directory >compilation terminated. -Ken At 05:08 AM 5/24/2011, you wrote: >Ken Conrad wrote: >>In MinGW got stuck by missing #include .h files... a fixed executable would >>be much >>appreciated. > >Hi, > I'd be interested in the details of where MingW got stuck, but I've put >an executable here: <http://www.argyllcms.com/win32_chartread_exe.zip> > >Graeme Gill.