RE: [xml] Building on Windows

[Vincent Finn <vincent finn automsoft com>]

Not quite there yet

I get further (although I still be the 'xmlwin32version.h' error if I
rebuild all)
but I get a load of unresolved externals

Do these look familiar?

        Vin

   Creating library libxml2/libxml2.lib and object libxml2/libxml2.exp
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlFreeAutomata
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlAutomataCompile
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_xmlAutomataSetFinalState
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_xmlAutomataGetInitState
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlNewAutomata
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_xmlRegexpIsDeterminist
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlAutomataNewState
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlAutomataNewEpsilon
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_xmlAutomataNewTransition
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlRegFreeRegexp
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlRegExecPushString
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlRegNewExecCtxt
valid.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _xmlRegFreeExecCtxt
libxml2/libxml2.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 13 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp PKC com]
> Sent: 08 July 2003 14:59
> To: 'Vincent Finn'
> Subject: RE: [xml] Building on Windows
>
>
> I don't know if there's a comprehensive description of the settings
> anywhere.  Most of them seem pretty self-explanatory, and you 
> can probably
> turn off the rest.  Here's what I use:
>
> threads=native trio=no c14n=yes ftp=no http=no html=yes 
> catalog=no docb=no
> xpath=yes xptr=yes xinclude=yes iconv=no zlib=no xml_debug=no 
> mem_debug=no
> regexps=yes schemas=yes python=no compiler=msvc
>
> I'm using xmlsec for digital signatures, and these setting 
> work for me.
> Your mileage may vary.  In particular, you might want HTTP and/or FTP
> support, I think you need iconv if you want to transcode to 
> encodings other
> than the basic ones, and you may not need xpath, xptr, and xinclude,
> depending on your documents.  I think you'll need 
> canonicalization (c14n) in
> order to perform signature generation and verification.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Finn [mailto:vincent finn automsoft com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:51 AM
> To: 'Jesse Pelton'
> Subject: RE: [xml] Building on Windows
>
>
> Ah thanks
> One more question on this
>
> Is there anywhere explaining what each of the options does?
>
> I can see lots of articles about them on the web site
> but no explanation
>
>       Vin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp PKC com]
> > Sent: 08 July 2003 14:20
> > To: 'Vincent Finn'
> > Subject: RE: [xml] Building on Windows
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I should have mentioned that. There's a typo in 
> > configure.js; just
> > delete line 201.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vincent Finn [mailto:vincent finn automsoft com] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:21 AM
> > To: 'Jesse Pelton'
> > Cc: 'xml gnome org'
> > Subject: RE: [xml] Building on Windows
> >
> >
> > I get an error when I try that
> >
> > ...\configure.js(202, 4) Microsoft JScript compilation error: 
> > Syntax error
> >
> > There wouldn't be a version problem with JScript would there?
> > I am running WindowsXP!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp PKC com]
> > > Sent: 08 July 2003 14:08
> > > To: 'Vincent Finn'
> > > Subject: RE: [xml] Building on Windows
> > >
> > >
> > > I think you need to run configure.js. Go to the win32 
> directory, run
> > > "cscript configure.js help" to see what the options are, then 
> > > run "cscript
> > > configure.js <options>" with your choice of options.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vincent Finn [mailto:vincent finn automsoft com] 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:07 AM
> > > To: 'xml gnome org'
> > > Subject: [xml] Building on Windows
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I recently decided to evaluate libXml (I currently use 
> > > xerces) in order to
> > > get Digital Signature support but I can't get it to build anything
> > >
> > > I got the latest version (libxml2-2.5.8.tar.gz) and simply 
> > went to the
> > > win32\dsp folder and tried to compile the libxml project.
> > > It complains about files being missing, an they are missing 
> > > but I'm not sure
> > > what they are for or where to get them.
> > >
> > > The error messages are as follows
> > > (I don't know why the first build gives a different error, or 
> > > why that error
> > > goes away)
> > >
> > > first build (debug)
> > > .\libxml2.def.src(20) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open 
> include file:
> > > '../../include/libxml/xmlwin32version.h': No such file or 
> directory
> > > any other build (debug or release)
> > > ..\..\include\libxml/encoding.h(27) : fatal error C1083: 
> > > Cannot open include
> > > file: 'iconv.h': No such file or directory
> > >
> > > can anyone tell me why these files are missing, I'm running VC6
> > >
> > >   Thanks, Vin
> > >
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