Re: [xml] libxml2-2.5.7 on vs.net

[Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com>]

> Okey, I don't think building libxml is my thing to do really, if I'm
> having trouble with more basic things =)

All you have to do is:
  C:\...\win32> cscript configure.js [few parameters perhaps]
  C:\...\win32> nmake
My 78-year-old grandma would connect those bits :-)

> What I do is in a cpp file I implement:
>
> #include <libxml/parser.h>
>
> and then in a function I do:
> void foobar() {
> string xmltext = [some kind of input, read an xml-file or get it
> from a socket or something like that];
> xmlDocPtr pdoc = xmlParseMemory(xmltext.c_str(),
> xmltext.size());
> xmlNodePtr node = xmlDocGetRootElement(pdoc);
> xmlAttrPtr attr;
> // here comes some tree parsing....
> }
>
> and in vs.net -> Project -> Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional
> dependencies, I add libxml2.lib (and i've included its path in vs.net's
> search path for libraries). I have other libs there such as kernel32.lib
> and user32.lib etc...
>
> Ain't doing anything else than that. Nothing. (okey, added the include
> directory offcourse).

That doesn't tell me what parameters are being passed to the compiler and to
the linker by your IDE.

> PS.
> Sorry, haven't had any coffey yet, that'll be for the evening :-)
> DS.

Don't drink coffee in the evening, that's the time for beer, man! Ts ts
ts... no wonder linking doesn't work ;-) Neither would I under those
circumstances :-) :-)

Ciao,
Igor