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reply Dan <dan.lewis.v2.0 gmail.com> writes:
Gentlemen,

I've downloaded and installed cppscript for testing as a platform
for a javascript program of mine.

I was in the middle of attempting to compile it before I began work
on cleaning up and extending the code.

Unfortunately, there were a number of compiler errors that it threw
which suggested that code for cppscript hasn't been updated for a
very long time.

For starters, it doesn't refer to "DMC", it refers to "SC" which
I've figured out is the older name for it.  I updated that part.
Then I got errors about "dispex.h" not being found.  It's completely
nonexistant in the new dmc includes folder.

So I found it on the 'net, resolved the errors I got from that, had
to pull in a few more header files, but at this point it became
error soup.

Alternatively, how can I get COM/ActiveX with DMDScript?
Mar 02 2011
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
Dan wrote:

 I've downloaded and installed cppscript for testing as a platform
 for a javascript program of mine.
 
 I was in the middle of attempting to compile it before I began work
 on cleaning up and extending the code.
 
 Unfortunately, there were a number of compiler errors that it threw
 which suggested that code for cppscript hasn't been updated for a
 very long time.


You're right, it hasn't.


 For starters, it doesn't refer to "DMC", it refers to "SC" which
 I've figured out is the older name for it.  I updated that part.
 Then I got errors about "dispex.h" not being found.  It's completely
 nonexistant in the new dmc includes folder.


Sorry about that, it contains the COM and GUID declarations for dispatchex.


 So I found it on the 'net, resolved the errors I got from that, had
 to pull in a few more header files, but at this point it became
 error soup.
 
 Alternatively, how can I get COM/ActiveX with DMDScript?


I don't understand the question.
Mar 06 2011
parent reply "Nick Hofstetter" <nhofstetter gfg-group.com> writes:
I recently had a similar issue. My problem was that the Windows Include 
files that are included with DM are very old (Windows 95) and so don't 
include a lot of the COM declarations and so on.

I fixed it by copying all the files in the include directory for Visual 
Studio 6 into the DM Include directory.


"Walter Bright" <newshound2 digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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 Dan wrote:

 I've downloaded and installed cppscript for testing as a platform
 for a javascript program of mine.

 I was in the middle of attempting to compile it before I began work
 on cleaning up and extending the code.

 Unfortunately, there were a number of compiler errors that it threw
 which suggested that code for cppscript hasn't been updated for a
 very long time.


 You're right, it hasn't.


 For starters, it doesn't refer to "DMC", it refers to "SC" which
 I've figured out is the older name for it.  I updated that part.
 Then I got errors about "dispex.h" not being found.  It's completely
 nonexistant in the new dmc includes folder.


 Sorry about that, it contains the COM and GUID declarations for 
 dispatchex.


 So I found it on the 'net, resolved the errors I got from that, had
 to pull in a few more header files, but at this point it became
 error soup.

 Alternatively, how can I get COM/ActiveX with DMDScript?


 I don't understand the question.
Mar 06 2011
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
Nick Hofstetter wrote:

 I recently had a similar issue. My problem was that the Windows Include 
 files that are included with DM are very old (Windows 95) and so don't 
 include a lot of the COM declarations and so on.
 
 I fixed it by copying all the files in the include directory for Visual 
 Studio 6 into the DM Include directory.


That works, but it'd be better to just append the VS include path to the
INCLUDE 
search path.
Mar 06 2011
parent "Nick Hofstetter" <nhofstetter gfg-group.com> writes:
Its a bit more complex than that. There are a number of other header files 
that have changed that exisit in both locations so you really need all the 
'later' Windows header files. Otherwise you don't have all the COM typedefs 
that are in older header files in the DM Include Directory. I tried just 
copying the 'Missing' files but things like 'windef.h' has changed.

But I agree my approach has probably broken things like 16 Bit Windows and 
DOS compiles, but everything I use complies correcly.

I also have a backup of the original Include directory so I can go back if 
ever necessary.


"Walter Bright" <newshound2 digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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 Nick Hofstetter wrote:

 I recently had a similar issue. My problem was that the Windows Include 
 files that are included with DM are very old (Windows 95) and so don't 
 include a lot of the COM declarations and so on.

 I fixed it by copying all the files in the include directory for Visual 
 Studio 6 into the DM Include directory.


 That works, but it'd be better to just append the VS include path to the 
 INCLUDE search path.
Mar 07 2011