how to set up a visual c++ express thing for compiling ChucK

Dr. Spankenstein

[Note: I split this off from http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-20675.html , Blue Hell]

I'm not having any luck with Visual C++ Express. It tells me the source files I've downloaded can be opened?

I've downloaded the file from the link under the (build your own) header for the windows platform.

The .tgz file downloads a .tar file and when extracted it is just a unrecognisable file for the compiler? (A file with no extension so counts as a .0 file)

Where am I going wrong folks?

Rhys

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

In the src folder there is a file chuck_win32.dsp which seems to be a "Microsoft Developer Studio Project File" can you use that one?

The native build environment (using a make file) seems to be based on cygwin and a few extra tools, but the download page was pretty explicit in saying either cygwin or visual c. But otoh I see tools like lex and yacc are needed (or maybe not strictly, there could be some pre-translated stuff), which hints at cygwin again.

I'll download the vc express version to see. This may take a while but I wanted to have look at the ChucK VM anyway Very Happy

edit, NOTE : the following info got sort of lost in the topic split, it's in the old thread :

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject:

Ok, I can open the project file and I can start to compile it. But then I get a lot of errors like ... "can't find windows.h" :shock:

I'm installing the platform SDK now, to see if that helps.

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject:

Ok, installing the platform SDK helps a bit, but still some files can't be found.

Useful pages to get the platform SDK integrated into vc express : here
and here (there was no need apparently to follow steps 4 and 5)

The problem files left are dsound.h and dinput.h - some directX stuff I guess, will have to search a bit now.

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject:

Ok, looks like the direct X sdk must be installed as well, to be obtained from here - it's pretty big - 500 MB or so, will take a while.

edit: that solved some problems, only one left no in compilation - linking might give some more trouble.

error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'char *' in ugen_xxx.cpp line 2590

Change

char * format = strrchr( filename, '.');

into

char * format = (char *) strrchr( filename, '.');

which is an explicit type cast and that makes the compiler happier.

then indeed I get some linking errors :

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject:

There seems to be a problem with additional dependencies.

Here is some info about how to see 'm but it's not the complete solution yet, I don't know what extra libs should be included. I now added "User32.lib", "gdi32.lib" and "Advapi32.lib" as mentioned in the link.

What's left now is :

blue hell · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject:

the complete additional dependencies list I use now reads :

Kassen

Dr. Spankenstein · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:21 am Post subject:

Thanks very much for all the info Blue. I think I'm finally set up and ready to tackle the source...if it werent for this weird dowload issue!

Could someone please attach the windows source for me as I'm not getting a .tar file with a folder inside but instead an odd file that nothing can seem to open?!

Thanks again

Rhys

PS. I'm getting the file from:

http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/release/files/chuck-1.2.1.0.tgz

Kassen · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:33 am Post subject:

Attached you should find all the files that are in the src directory in a zip. I made this with Ark on Linux, couldn't quickly find how to zip the dir itself so you'll have to extract to a new dir.

This is the main source and should include Windows, Mac or Linux versions.

Let me know if this works out, Visual Studio Express requires SP2 which I don't really want to install on my DAW, I'd like a copy of the .exe if this works out.

chucksrc.zip

Description:

All files from the src directory in a zip. Doesn't include my edit. ChucK is covered by the GPL.

Download

Filename:

chucksrc.zip

Filesize:

907.29 KB

Downloaded:

472 Time(s)

Kassen · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

Oh, and if this works, could you try making a version that has both the Envelope fix and the ASIO one by Philippe?

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:47 am Post subject:

Dr. Spankenstein · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:53 am Post subject:

Yup Kassen's file works great, I'm guessing its the latest version too. I'm using WinRAR to extract any compressed files.

Will have a go at modifying the code to include the two new envelopes and post you lot the results, which will hopefully work?!

Thanks again for your time

Rhys

Kassen · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:56 am Post subject:

Assuming dr.S already has working install of ChucK under Windows there's no need for the doc or examples, those also come with the binary-only Win downloads.

I'd like to know what the issue here is/was, as far as I can tell the tar.gz is perfectly fine.

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

I had some trouble compiling with __WINDOWS_ASIO__ instead of __WINDOWS_DS__ (assuming that is what I have to do to make an asio version).

On compilation the following headers are missing (rtaudio.cpp line 4675) :

#include "asio/asiosys.h"
#include "asio/asio.h"
#include "asio/asiodrivers.h"

And some libs as well probably, any idea where to get those?

Dr. Spankenstein · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

What error messages exactly?

Kassen · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject:

Hmm, I just copied the asio folder I found in the McGill RtAudio package to the ChucK src folder and hit compile again ... some nasty errors ...

lamarcph · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

Kassen · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject:

I just got a mail from lamarcph (philippe) reporting that his test-build (which he send to me) doesn't seem to work but that he's very bussy with school and can't spare much time.

Perhaps this will be seen as a sign that we could use a more official ASIO building process, particularly as these days RT-audio supports building a program for both DX and ASIO. With any luck Ge's new work-place will offer the ASIO enabled Windows machine that Princeton was missing in the past.

Well, I can dream.... :¬)

lamarcph · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

sorry about that!

most of it is only typos:

4891 and 4914 -- EM_poplog();

and for 5138, my bad, I just commented out the if--std::cerr block.

it would also be possible, I think, to change

blue hell · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject:

Ok, thank you gentlemen !

I'm doing some G2 patching / listening currently, but will have a look later, probably tomorrow