Re: Compiling pecl extention for MS Windows

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 07:16:34PM +0200, Pierre wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > On 6/16/07, Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx> wrote: > >On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 10:21:36AM +0200, Pierre wrote: > >> Hi Uwe, > >> > >> On 6/16/07, Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.cx> wrote: > >> >Hi all, > >> > > >> >is there anybody here who can give a clue on how to compile > >> >a pecl extension (e.g. ps) for MS Windows unsing mingw? > >> >The extention 'ps' is written by myself and it probably missing > >> >some files like a .def file to be ready for compilation. > >> >Is there a tutorial on what needs to be done? > >> > >> To use mingw sounds like an impossible task. Native windows DLL > >> extension requires VC (express works too for development). Once you > >> have a working build environment, it is very easy to enable any pecl > >> extension. > >> > >> Do you already have windows support for pslib (I did not check yet)? > >I was able to compile it (even cross compile it) into a static lib > >but still without support for png, jpeg, tiff. That shouldn't be > >too difficult too. > > I will give it a try next week. I can add either VC makefile or use > CMake (I actually like cmake as it lets me share almost all build > scripts between all platforms). What do you prefer? Since I didn't do it before, I don't have a preference. > >> Would you like me to add the config.w32 to pecl? It should be good to > >> simply provide the extension with pslib statically linked. > >That sounds feasable. How about, if I send you the static libps? > > If you have one at hand, yes, I can then compare the results. The lib > does not look that big (well not small either ;), it should be > possible to compile it using vc without too much pain, have you tried > already? Not yet. Just realized that MS offers VC Express for free. My last contact with VC was many years ago. Uwe -- MMK GmbH, Fleyer Str. 196, 58097 Hagen Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de Tel: 02331 840446 Fax: 02331 843920