Problems w. VS 2008 and C-Hook Dev. Guide

[Andreas Schnitzler]

Hi,

 

i'm having trouble with Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition. If i write the "Simplest C-Hook" from CHook Dev. Guide i get some Compiler errors:

First: Error C1083, "UIEditReal.h" cannot be opened. I figured out to add the Path C:mcamxsdkinterfacesUICtrls to the Include Directories. The next i get is error C2664, i have to change 'Messagebox(0, "Hello from Mastercam ...' to 'Messagebox(0, L"Hello from Mastercam ..." and so on, this is because of UNICODE instead of Multi-Byte in the Default Projectproperties.

After that i get this 3 errors:

 

Fehler 2 error LNK2019: Verweis auf nicht aufgelöstes externes Symbol ""public: virtual __thiscall UIDataTip::~UIDataTip(void)" (??1UIDataTip@@UAE@XZ)" in Funktion ""public: virtual void * __thiscall UIDataTip::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_GUIDataTip@@UAEPAXI@Z)". CHookSample.obj CHookSample

Fehler 3 error LNK2019: Verweis auf nicht aufgelöstes externes Symbol ""public: virtual __thiscall UIErrorTip::~UIErrorTip(void)" (??1UIErrorTip@@UAE@XZ)" in Funktion ""public: virtual void * __thiscall UIErrorTip::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_GUIErrorTip@@UAEPAXI@Z)". CHookSample.obj CHookSample

Fehler 4 fatal error LNK1120: 2 nicht aufgelöste externe Verweise. Release/CHookSample.dll CHookSample

 

I think i need help here to finish the my first CHook with Visual Studio 2008.

Regards, Andreas

[markov]

You may be missing the library specification (I am not in a position to check which one) in your project. Assuming you have got it correctly, an explanation could be that Visual Studio 2008 differently "mangles" C++ symbols. The SDK libraries were created with Visual Studio 2005.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Andreas,

 

Project Properties:

C++, General, Additional Include Directories

You must have the path to the UICtrls header files ->

C:McamX2-MR2SDKinterfacesuictrls

(Of course substitute the path to where the interfacesuictrls folder lives on your system)

 

And also this ->

Under Linker, Input, Additional Dependencies

UICtrls.lib must be listed to correct the these linker errors that refer to ‘UI’ items ->

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall UIDataTip::~UIDataTip(void)" (??1UIDataTip@@UAE@XZ) ChookExample.obj CHook

 

 

As for the UNICODE...

 

What is the setting on the General, Character Set?

This is normally -> 'Use Multi-Byte Character Set'

If you do have it set to 'Use Unicode Character Set', you will need to make some "adjustments" when using literal strings and the functions used when manipulating strings. Even though not absolutely necessary when using the Multi-Byte Character Set, I've gotten into habit of using the _T() macro and all string declarations.

 

See: Unicode Programming Summary

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dybsewaf.aspx

[Andreas Schnitzler]

markov, Roger,

 

i'm sorry, i think i did not clearly explain what my Problem was. I managed to get everything together except the Linker, Input, Additional Dependencies -> uictrls.lib.

 

It works now, thanks to markov and Roger! Maybe this is helpful for other CHook Programmers that switch to VS 2008.

 

Regards, Andreas

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

"Maybe this is helpful for other CHook Programmers that switch to VS 2008"

 

These settings are not specific to VS 2008.

You'd need the same if you are using VS 2005.

[Peter - Avivi CNC Solutions]

"And also this ->

Under Linker, Input, Additional Dependencies

UICtrls.lib must be listed to correct the these linker errors that refer to ‘UI’ items ->

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall UIDataTip::~UIDataTip(void)" (??1UIDataTip@@UAE@XZ) ChookExample.obj CHook"

 

Ad what can I do, when I can't see the UICtrls.lib, as you wrote?

I try to go trough the samples with VS 2008, but...

[Peter - Avivi CNC Solutions]

Is it possible to use alternative builders for C-hooks, like Borland C++ builder?