I'll be following this thread with interest. it will be valuable to see how things work out on Windows 8. John On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 05:11:22PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I'm not sure about the compatibility of everything you will need to compile > under windows 8. To compile liblouis.dll and liblouisutdml.dll which you > will need for Braille Blaster you will need either a windows SDK or a > version of Visual Studio. I don't know if the Windows 7 SDK will work under > Windows 8 or what version of visual Studio you would need. You will have to > research that yourself and probably do a little trial and error to find out. > You will also need a Java JDK installed. Just the JRE isn't enough. > > Download the latest releases of liblouis and liblouisutdml from the Braille > Blaster website by going to the For Developers link. Unpack them into their > own folder. I put them in the root of my drive so they are easier to get to > from the command prompt. Take a look at the readme.windows file in the > windows folder of the liblouisutdml main folder. This file gives good > instructions on how to build the DLLs you need and what to do with them. Let > me know once you have everything set up and can successfully build the DLLs. > Next we can move on to downloading from the repositories. I welcome any > questions. > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > Vic > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:25 PM > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions > > > > Right now it's Windows 8 I am using the preview. > > On 3/14/2012 3:46 AM, Vic Beckley wrote: > > Scott, what is your OS? > > > > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > > > Vic > > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer > > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:08 PM > > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions > > > > You can still help with building BrailleBlaster. That is probably more > > important. It is largely platform-independent. > > > > John > > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 06:01:36PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > > > >> Sorry, if he is using Linux, I can't help. All I have learned is with > >> Windows only. > >> > >> > >> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > >> > >> Vic > >> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:21 PM > >> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions > >> > >> I think Scott may be using Linux. In that case, compiling liblouis and > >> liblouisutdml from the tarballs will involve just following the usual > >> configure, make make install procedure. > >> > >> This discussion may encoursge others to try building, so it is good to > >> have it on the list. > >> > >> John > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:52:20PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > >> > >>> Scott, > >>> > >>> What I did, and what I would recommend for you, is to download the > >>> > > latest > > > >>> tarballs of liblouis and liblouisutdml and unpack them to your computer. > >>> > >> In > >> > >>> the root folder of the liblouisutdml package is a file called > >>> readme.windows. It has good instructions as to what prerequisites you > >>> > > will > > > >>> need and how to compile the liblouis.dll and liblouisutdml.dll that you > >>> > >> will > >> > >>> need for Braille Blaster. One comment I have on the readme is that > >>> > > typing > > > >>> SDK does not run the command prompt. I don't know what version of > >>> > > windows > > > >>> you have, but you will have to find the way to start the command prompt > >>> > >> with > >> > >>> the right environment variables set. This shortcut will be in the folder > >>> > >> of > >> > >>> the SDK or Visual Studio that you install. To get these files go to the > >>> > >> For > >> > >>> Developers link on brailleblaster.org. > >>> > >>> Once you have mastered this, we can move on to how to get the latest > >>> > > files > > > >>> from the repository and compiling them. This is good background work > >>> > >> because > >> > >>> you will use the same steps to compile the DLLs from the files > >>> > > downloaded > > > >>> from the repository. > >>> > >>> Let me know if you have any questions about this procedure. I will get > >>> > > the > > > >>> links together to give you to download all the tools you need for the > >>> > > rest > > > >>> of the project. > >>> > >>> I hope this helps. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > >>> > >>> Vic > >>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry > >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:29 PM > >>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions > >>> > >>> Yes that would be the way I'd like to build. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 3/13/2012 3:16 PM, Vic Beckley wrote: > >>> > >>>> Scott, > >>>> > >>>> Do you want to build from the repository? There is quite a bit > >>>> > > involved, > > > >>> but > >>> > >>>> I will try to take you through it step by step. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > >>>> > >>>> Vic > >>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:11 PM > >>>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions > >>>> > >>>> Hey Vic, > >>>> > >>>> Can you help me out with compiling from scratch Braille Blaster and > >>>> > > Lib > > > >>>> Louis? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 3/13/2012 12:15 PM, Vic Beckley wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Michael and John, > >>>>> > >>>>> I recompiled on my JDK 1.7 platform and got the exact same error that > >>>>> > > I > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> sent > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> before. However, the brailleblaster.jar was different. It was 75K > >>>>> > >> instead > >> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> of > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> 78K and now runs under Java 1.6. It looks like once you get all the > >>>>> > >> loose > >> > >>>>> ends tied up this will work fine. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > >>>>> > >>>>> Vic > >>>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > >> Abilitiessoft, Inc. > >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com > >> Madison, Wisconsin USA > >> Developing software for people with disabilities > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities