From: "Michael A. Hess" :

Most of the examples work more or less (except where I noted before). However, the
IDE still isn't working (I get an invalid type cast exception right after the Events page is shown).

Sure, I'll send you the simple hello.exe program via personal e-mail.

Now this is very interesting. The application you sent me works. But the one I build just crashes. What the heck is the difference???????

Something MUST be different with the compiler that is being used. I am using the new fpcmake and make that Peter sent me. I am also using a 1.0.5 snapshot version of the compiler built on Jan. 24th.

Can you zip up the compiler directory \pp that you are using and either ftp it to me or make it available for me to ftp?

I really want to narrow down what is going on.

By the way with the new 'make' the windres problem is still there. Make will not run windres.

Keith from the above statement I take that you can actually build the examples and IDE and run them. Do I understand you correctly?

I ask because I can't run ANYTHING.

Now that the makefile.fpc, fpcmake, etc., etc. has been resolved and that all works dandy I can build the IDE and the examples. But everything crashes. It doesn't do anything. Before it can do anything, not even write anything to the console, it blows up with Kernal.dll errors.

Exactly how far along do you get?

Just to check things out could you send me an .exe of one of the examples that you build and can make work? If I can get it to work here then I know that it is something with my building of the app and not something inside windows itself.

Please send it via a private email.

From: "Luis R. Hilario" :

Previously Keith had the binary (IDE and the examples) in their web and they functioned.

I had considered uploading a new binary, but it's nearly twice as big as the previous one due to the lack of smartlinked units in the snapshots. I'll probably get a new one out when I release version that can compile Lazarus is out.

I took todays CVS, and that makew32.zip file. (and maybe some more mingw stuff from the ordinary distribution).

I had to specify the fullpath to cpp with --preprocessor in the makefile.

This could be done automatically, if the makefile can find cpp.exe in the path.

After that, Lazarus/win32 builds, but GPF's in kernel32.

System: Win98lite.

Now I have the correct make.exe, but cannot compile it. Previously Keith had the binary (IDE and the examples) in their web and they functioned.

Marco van de Voort wrote

After that, Lazarus/win32 builds, but GPF's in kernel32. System: Win98lite.

OK. Now it builds for you and me, not sure about Luis. However it GPF's for you, me and Luis. How the heck does Keith get running applications. I don't know what is different about what he is doing.