Re: Windows MSVC6 Compile error

On 22/06/07, John <bradley.ring <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to compile metakit on a windows system, and using the
> provided MSVC6 solution from the 2.4.9.6 distro I get the following
> error:
>
> ..\tcl\mk4tcl.h(12): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file:
> 'tcl.h': No such file or directory
>
> I tried to open the MSVC6 solution from the 2.4.9.7 and every project
> in the solution caused the error:
>
> Cannot load the project due to a corrupt project file.
>
> If any has any advice I'd appreciate it, but I thought you should know
> regardless in case I'm not the only one with these errors.

The problem is the old issue of line endings. The release tar.gz has
been checked out on a unix-type system and has created the .dsp files
with unix line endings which msvc hates. You can easily convert the
line-endings using any number of tools.

Pat Thoyts

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