Re: gtk_file_chooser page faults (win32)

[Todd Fisher <toddf simosoftware com>]

David wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:48:17AM -0700, Todd Fisher wrote:
>  
>
> > David, I had issues using gtk+ in win98 can you try my compiled
> > version I had made changes to the get home directory path before the
> > problem had been fixed in gtk+.  Here's the link:
> > http://severna.homeip.net/gtk+runtime-devel-20040709.exe
> >
> > If it doesn't crash then I can try to figure out what is different
> > between my version and the one in gtk+.
> >    
>
> I tried this package, but your package called for msvcr71.dll, I think it
> is), which I don't have.  I don't have Visual Studio.  I'm simply trying
> to compile the thing under mingw using gcc.
>  
I understand, it is difficult to compile against the msvc compilied dlls 
using gcc.  I have tried; but failed in my
attempts at creating the necessary import libraries for gcc following 
the mingw tutorial perhaps you
may have better success then I.   The aformationed link: 
http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll

> I'm beginning to think it must be a bug somewhere in the
> gtk_file_chooser chain.  There may be some subtle problems when it runs
> under Linux or msys, but if so, they don't show up.  I think that it's
> just that somehow, the path and file strings are not getting stored when
> run straight from Windows.
>  

If I recall the changes I had to make in the copy of gtk+ I used to 
compile with msvc I had to modify g_get_home_dir,
which calls g_get_any_init.  I wonder if it is possible that there is an 
environment variable missing on your win98 machine
and that the file chooser is not handleing NULL return values from 
g_get_home_dir?