Re: Where do I get uuid.lib?
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 23:36:28 -0500
As far as I know liblouis doesn't use COM. Maybe msvc thinks it does. It
isn't a user interface, but it does print error messages. These can be
placed in a log file, but the default is stderr.
That should the library path be? I have Windows 7 64-bits.
Thanks,
John
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 09:25:57PM -0700, David Tseng wrote:
> As an answer to the question asked in the subject, did you install
> M$'s platform sdk?
>
> Second, like Tyler said, you should check your build dependencies
> (i.e. libpath).
>
> The static library contains guid's used to ask for interface pointers
> in COM (i.e. CoGetInstance(...)). LibLouis likely utilizes ATL or COM
> directly.
>
>
>
> On 5/8/11, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A friend monitoring this list also brought this point up. I don't know
> > if mingw can use platform sdk libs, or what else it would use. Do you
> > have the platform sdk installed? Does anyone else know what is used
> > here? I wouldn't assume that m$ would be compiling libraries for others
> > to use in other compilers, so I'd think that mingw works ok.
> > On 5/8/2011 9:08 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >> Thanks. This looks like it might be helpful. I'm wondering why liblouis
> >> needs it. It's just a simple dll, but it does use stderr. I'll look into
> >> the library path.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 07:04:58PM -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> >>> Rather than some random speculation, perhaps this will help you:
> >>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvc/thread/8a00a678-efb7-4eb2-bad6-9abbbd5f4ec9/
> >>> From the article, it says that uuid.lib is for guids--do you use com?
> >>> you said you were compiling with g++, do you have your lib path set
> >>> correctly?
> >>> On 5/8/2011 6:23 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
> >>>> I'm just curious, what is that program? Why does it sound so familiar
> >>>> to
> >>>> me? It sounds like you don't have the correct library installed, so the
> >>>> program's looking for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> >>>> Boyer
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 8:22 PM
> >>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: Where do I get uuid.lib?
> >>>>
> >>>> I am making up a Makefile to use msvc to generate the dll for liblouis.
> >>>> When the mile invokes link.exe it says it can't open uuid.lib What is
> >>>> this, and where do i get it? This Makefile will become part of the
> >>>> liblouis distribution, thus ending once and for all any problems with
> >>>> porting liblouis to Windows. A similar approach will be taken with
> >>>> liblouisutdml.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> John
> >>>>
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