Problem with Build

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• faistoiplaisir

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hi !
  
  Can you paste here the code of your main.cpp file ? (at least the 15 first line;))
  
  Maybe it can be more easy to find what's wrong.
• ChaoticCactus

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  orxSTATUS Init()
  {
  	orxConfig_Load("../01_Object.ini");
  
  	orxInput_Load(orxSTRING_EMPTY);
  
  	orxViewport_CreateFromConfig("Viewport");
  
  	orxObject_CreateFromConfig("Object");
  
  	orxSTATUS Init(){....}
  
  	orxPLUGIN_DECLARE_ENTRY_POINT(Init);
  
  	return orxSTATUS_SUCCESS;
  }
  

  
  There ya go!
• faistoiplaisir

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hmm,
  
  Did you take a look at the 01_Object.c file ? (https://orx.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/orx/trunk/tutorial/src/01_Object/01_Object.c)
  
  At the begining, there's an include line :

  #include "orxPluginAPI.h"
  

  
  You have to add it in your code, it's not a "comment line".
  
  Lines beginning with "#" are not comment. It's called preprocessor directive, you can read some information here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_preprocessor
  
  Without that, the C compiler know nothing about about orx's defines and/or orx's functions.
  
  I suggest you to read some tutorial about C development. To program something with orx it's very essential to know the basics of this language. Without that, it will be very difficult to have some result
  
  Hope that help !
• ChaoticCactus

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Oh!
  Actually, I didn't notice that part, there's so many lines of comments it's hard to distinguish what's what!
  
  Thanks!
• ChaoticCactus

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Aw man!
  Now I'm really confused!
  
  Well, I added that line and this is the message that I got:
  

  1>c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(13) : error C2601: 'Init' : local function definitions are illegal
  1>        c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(4): this line contains a '{' which has not yet been matched
  1>c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(15) : error C2598: linkage specification must be at global scope
  1>c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(15) : error C2601: 'orxPlugin_MainInit' : local function definitions are illegal
  1>        c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(4): this line contains a '{' which has not yet been matched
  1>c:orx_msvs_2008-devprojectsourcemain.cpp(13) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '...'
  1>Build log was saved at "file://c:ORX_msvs_2008-devprojectDebugBuildLog.htm"
  1>project - 4 error(s), 0 warning(s)
  ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
  

  
  I followed Grey's tutorial and I'm not sure what's wrong!
  Anymore help? :S
• iarwain

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hi ChaoticCactus!
  
  Well, there's some invalid C code in what you pasted:
  
  ChaoticCactus wrote:

  orxSTATUS Init()
  {
  	orxConfig_Load("../01_Object.ini");
  
  	orxInput_Load(orxSTRING_EMPTY);
  
  	orxViewport_CreateFromConfig("Viewport");
  
  	orxObject_CreateFromConfig("Object");
  
  	orxSTATUS Init(){....} <= This looks like a local function definition, and that's one of the compiler complaints
  
  	orxPLUGIN_DECLARE_ENTRY_POINT(Init); <= This shouldn't be inside any function, it's another function definition (made by a macro)
  
  	return orxSTATUS_SUCCESS;
  }
  

  
  So in the end, it should be something like:
  

  #include "orxPluginAPI.h"
  
  orxSTATUS Init()
  {
  	orxConfig_Load("../01_Object.ini");
  
  	orxInput_Load(orxSTRING_EMPTY);
  
  	orxViewport_CreateFromConfig("Viewport");
  
  	orxObject_CreateFromConfig("Object");
  
  	return orxSTATUS_SUCCESS;
  }
  
  orxPLUGIN_DECLARE_ENTRY_POINT(Init);
  
• ChaoticCactus

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Well, I tried the code that you recommended and:
  

  1>   Creating library ..inproject_d.lib and object ..inproject_d.exp
  1>LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined
  1>Build log was saved at "file://c:ORX_msvs_2008-devprojectDebugBuildLog.htm"
  1>project - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
  ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
  

  
  Uhh!
  This is frustrating! xD
• iarwain

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Welcome to the wonderful world of C/C++!
  You'll see, you'll soon get used to it!
  
  Feels to me like you're not building a dynamic library.
  Try to right click on the project->properties->configuration properties->general ConfigurationType should be Dynamic Library (.dll) *not* Application (.exe.).
  
  I should really take the time to change the tutorial #1-#9 and make stand alone applications with those, I'm sure they're easier for beginners.
  
  Anyway, I'd really recommend following Grey's tutorials for now as he has nice step-by-step instructions, and you can come back to orx's official ones later, mostly for details about specific features.
  
  I really wrote them while targeting experienced C/C++ users (and it's hence all my fault) while Grey targets a more beginner public.
  
  The hardest part is now, you'll see that things will soon clear up, don't abandon now!
• ChaoticCactus

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Oh believe me, I'm not going to abandon after I've gotten this far!
  
  Thanks so much for helping me fix it. You were right, it was set to .exe not .dll, I fixed it and it works properly now.
  
  Thanks again!
  
  --Cactus
• iarwain

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Glad it worked!
  
  But really, using plugins + launcher doesn't bring much now that making stand alones is fairly easy.
  
  It's just that I haven't taken the time to adapt my first 9 tutorials to be stand alone executables since I simplified the stand alone creation.