Issue with MS VS 2008

[David Raphael]

I'm trying to build my new module...but I am running into this problem:

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1>------ Build started: Project: ImageAcquisition, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>ImageAcquisitionModule.cpp
1>Linking...
1>LINK : cannot create map for .ILK file; linking nonincrementally
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PixInsight\bin\ImageAcquisition-pxm.dll'
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\ImageAcquisition\windows\vc9\Win32\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>ImageAcquisition - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

I also tried building the included project for ImageCalibration, and I got this error:

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1>Linking...
1>LINK : cannot create map for .ILK file; linking nonincrementally
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PixInsight\bin\ImageCalibration-pxm.dll'
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\PCL-SDK\src\modules\processes\ImageCalibration\windows\vc9\Win32\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>ImageCalibration - 1 error(s), 7 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Instead of chasing my tail too much...I thought maybe I missed something stupid during the makefile generation process...

Thanks!

Dave

[David Raphael]

I answered my question I think.  I had the 32-bit version installed in Program files(x86), and the linker doesn't like spaces...so I moved it to PCL32.

But now I think I failed to install 64bit support for VS 2008.  Has anyone had any luck with VS 2010 yet?

[Nocturnal]

I haven't tried building my modules yet with the latest version. In fact I installed W7 x64 on a new SSD and haven't added VS to it yet. I have some work to do

[Carlos Milovic]

Hi David
There is another thread here that explains how to "force" MSVC2008 Express to compile at 64bits. If you have the full VS2008 pack, it is supposed that it is already supported... but it may help you too.
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=1902.0

BTW, try compiling in the Release mode. Sometimes I get linker problems with the debug mode, that are gone with the release.

[David Raphael]

Thanks for the feedback guys.


I'm running VS2008 Professional.  My problem was that I haven't installed 2008 in a while, and I forgot you have to select the x64 support when you install.  You can't retroactively add it - there is a bug with the installer and Windows 7 I guess. 

So I reinstalled VS2008 Pro and made sure to enable the x64 settings.  Now I can build 32bit or 64bit.

Cheers,
Dave

[Nocturnal]

Bummer but thanks for the update.