Scott,
I know Office 2010 will run under Windows 8 so I am betting that Visual
Studio 2010 will too. I also have a running version of the consumer preview.
If I have a little bit of time to play with it tomorrow I will see what I
can find out. Are you using NVDA as your screen reader?
John, do you know if the express versions of Visual Studio will give you
what you need to build with? I have the professional version of 2008 but not
2010.
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 5:34 PM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
Well Visual Studio 11 is in beta so I could try that. I'll also look at
the sdk for Windows 8 for curiosity I don't think it's out though.
On 3/15/2012 4:11 PM, 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
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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
