Message-ID: <36088765.2DDAF487@mailexcite.com> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 01:30:14 -0400 From: Doug Gale MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: grc isnt working References: <199809220110 DOT CAA05806 AT rochefort DOT ns DOT easynet DOT net> <6u92e8$i7n$1 AT nnrp1 DOT dejanews DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: oshawappp56.idirect.com Organization: "Usenet User" Lines: 41 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk duncanburch AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote: > One last thing - does anyone have any idea where I could find PlatformBin.exe > on the microsoft ftp site. I downloaded their ls-lR.Z file, and > PlatformBin.exe is not on it anywhere. Or, if the files have changed name, > could somebody tell me what they are now called. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- > > george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk > > > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum The RSXNTDJ help file mentions PlatformInc.exe. Microsoft now calls this the "Build Environment", so it is called ibldenv.exe. It includes header files for the entire Windows API, including all the cool stuff like DirectX, OpenGL, etc. There are some incompatibilities between the Microsoft and GNU implementation of some non-ANSI stuff, like __stdcall. A patch for the headers is supplied with RSXNTDJ, but seems to be out-of-date, and I needed to do some fiddling to make it work. I have an updated patch for the build environment headers that also has a couple of updates to allow COM objects (notably: DirectX) to be called from your program (I used it to access DirectDraw). Let me know if you want it, I'll send it to you upon request. PlatformBin sounds like "Binaries", so I assume it refers to tools. Get itools.exe from the Microsoft website. It includes a dialog editor and bitmap/icon/cursor editor, among other things. We all know how often Microsoft changes their website, but try this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/developer/sdk/ It might work for a little while. :) Otherwise, just go to the microsoft website and search for ibldenv.exe, and then itools.exe.