RE: Where do I get uuid.lib?
- From: Katherine Moss <Katherine.Moss@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 04:48:02 +0000
Com is still used today to a degree though.
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:46 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Where do I get uuid.lib?
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Lib
Is where it's located in MS Platform SDK 6.0.
Also, COM isn't a UI library; it's really a different paradigm pimped by
Microsoft in the pre .Net days adhereing to the abstract factory design pattern
and providing some low-level primitives for cross process communication and
some fundamental Windows technologies like IAccessible.
On 5/8/11, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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