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fopetesl

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MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« on: March 17, 2016, 11:57:52 AM »
Complete newb to Pelles C :(

I'm trying to create a Wn 7 GUI using tips from http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/start.html
This instruction is specific
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Make sure you have specified a Win32 GUI (NOT "Console") project/makefile/target, whatever applies to your compiler.
So in the IDE create project there seems no Win32 GUI wizard and if I attempt to include <windows.h> the compiler spits the dummy.
So, OK, I need the MDI wizard? Download MDIwiz.zip and it barfs trying to extract MDIwiz.dll. That's with 7z and Winzip.

Seems I need some hand holding  :P

Edit.  This is becoming something of an issue.  I noticed a created project HelloWorldGui.ppj. Attempting to open it threw a file location error. So I copied C file into projects folder then edited ppj to read C file there.
Doesn't seem to work since I cannot add C_HelloWorld.c to project.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2016, 12:25:44 PM by fopetesl »

Offline DMac

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Re: MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2016, 04:01:09 AM »
Try the following:

Open Pelles C.
Then click File>New>Project.
In the project dialog choose "Windows Application Wizard" and then type a name in the name field ie: "MyAwsomeApp".  In the Location window make sure that the project will be placed in the Pelles C Projects folder.  Then click OK.
Follow the remaining wizard prompts.  The resulting project will be configured to compile correctly.
No one cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.

fopetesl

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Re: MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2016, 09:47:40 AM »
OK, MDmac, that works.
However, for others maybe, because MDIwiz was not in ..\Wizards but in \AppData\.. I hand copied it across.
Reloaded PellesC and the MDIwizard appeared as a choice.  And worked  :)

Now, can you help with this...
I have a C program written two+ years ago and compiled in LINUX gcc.
It is a pure data processing function. No graphics, only file input and output.
How do I pull into PellesC and compile?

Thanks for you help, BTW ;)

Offline DMac

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Re: MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2016, 06:27:19 PM »
When I port code into a Pelles C project, I usually start by creating the project and then adding the original source files to it.  I then attempt to compile and address the errors starting with the first two or three and recompile.  I repeat this process until the project compiles.

If it is a GUI project and uses GTK and I wanted it to be windows native, then I would start by designing the GUI in the dialog editor and handling the messages in the callback.

Not knowing specifics about your project, this is the only advice I can give.
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fopetesl

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Re: MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2016, 02:52:19 PM »
Thanks again, DMac.

No GUI, no human interaction with this program.
Just read data in, process, spit results into file.

But I will follow your advice.

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Re: MDIwiz.dll error extracting (no WIN32 GUI Wizard)
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2016, 08:58:44 AM »
No GUI, no human interaction with this program.
Just read data in, process, spit results into file.
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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
return 0;
}
If someone save this to a file and press Ctrl+B or compile button and select Win32 Program (EXE), someone can have a empty non-console Windows-program.
May the source be with you