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[jabobian]

Hello, Hampo,

I have tried to use ProddyUtils for Lua 5.3 (in SciTE 4) to replace the old afx.dll for Lua 5.1 (in SciTE 2). However I cannot figure out how to make it working.

Basically, I open the ProddyUtils.sln file in Visual Studio 2017, copy lua .h/.hpp header file folder to the ProddyUtils, and copy lua53.lib from https://sourceforge.net/projects/luabinaries/files/5.3.4/Windows%20Libraries/Static/

The project compiles and generates a ProddyUtils.dll, but when I copy it to SciTE, and run "require ProddyUtils" in startup lua script, it reports

error loading module 'ProddyUtils' from file 'D:\Program Files\SciTE v445\bin\ProddyUtils.dll':
%1 is not a valid Win32 application program.

[Hampo]

Sounds like a 64bit/32bit issue.

[jabobian]

You are right , I think using Visual Studio sln might cause conflicts. Could you please provide a mak file for ProddyUtils, similar to the Lexilla dll/lib? so I can copy the source to the SciTE/Scintilla source folder and run the mak file to get ProddyUtils.dll.
Many thanks!

[jabobian]

I have tried to mimic the Lexilla.mak file, and the output is as follows:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\xlocale (319): Warning C4530: The C++ exception handler is used, but the unrouted semantics are not enabled. Please specify /EHsc
.\ProddyUtils .cpp (261): error C2664: "Int MessageBoxA (HWND, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, UINT)": Parameter 2 could not be converted from "const _Elem" to "LPCSTR"
with。
[
_Elem=wchar_t。
]
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (261): note: independent of the type you are pointing to; casting requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast, or function-style cast
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C2039: "filesystem": not a member of "std"
D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\regex (54): note: see "std" statement
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C3083: "filesystem":":: "The symbol on the left must be a type
.\ProddyUtils .cpp (323): error C2039: "create_directories": not a member of "std"
D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\includeregex (54): note: see "std" statement
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C3861: "create_directories": The identifier could not be found
NMAKE: fatal error U1077: ""D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\hostX86\x86\cl.EXE":Return code "0x2"
Stop.

I use x86\cl.exe as it shows "32 bit" in the about dialog of SciTE.

[jabobian]

I found the following info:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2710194/register-c-function-in-lua-table
FYI.. luaL_Register has been deprecated in 5.2 .. luaL_newlib and luaL_setfuncs seems to be the replacement.

and others:
TheLinx/lao#2
pkulchenko/wxlua#12

[Hampo]

I found the following info:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2710194/register-c-function-in-lua-table
FYI.. luaL_Register has been deprecated in 5.2 .. luaL_newlib and luaL_setfuncs seems to be the replacement.

and others:
TheLinx/lao#2
pkulchenko/wxlua#12

I didn't use luaL_Register... The init function uses luaL_newlib

Regarding the mak file - this is my first and only C++ project and I don't know off hand how to make one. I do know this was written for 64bit Lua, if that could be what's causing you issues using the 32bit cl.exe

[EnAppelsin]

I have tried to mimic the Lexilla.mak file, and the output is as follows:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\xlocale (319): Warning C4530: The C++ exception handler is used, but the unrouted semantics are not enabled. Please specify /EHsc
.\ProddyUtils .cpp (261): error C2664: "Int MessageBoxA (HWND, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, UINT)": Parameter 2 could not be converted from "const _Elem" to "LPCSTR"
with。
[
_Elem=wchar_t。
]
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (261): note: independent of the type you are pointing to; casting requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast, or function-style cast
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C2039: "filesystem": not a member of "std"
D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\regex (54): note: see "std" statement
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C3083: "filesystem":":: "The symbol on the left must be a type
.\ProddyUtils .cpp (323): error C2039: "create_directories": not a member of "std"
D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\includeregex (54): note: see "std" statement
.\ProddyUtils.cpp (323): error C3861: "create_directories": The identifier could not be found
NMAKE: fatal error U1077: ""D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\hostX86\x86\cl.EXE":Return code "0x2"
Stop.

I use x86\cl.exe as it shows "32 bit" in the about dialog of SciTE.

You will need to compile in C++17 mode, add /std:c++17 to the CXXFLAGS in the .mak