Re: [Tinycc-devel] my thesis is GPL

[bj]

My project has php, java, sql and c. It has a Filipino dictionary (php for  
online version, java for offline version), and a text to speech  
synthesizer which can also create an executable (from the .c, .h, and .rc  
files) showing a window that displays the text and a play button to play  
the speech generated from the text.
Putting all source code files, library files,  .jar files, .class files,  
apache, mysql,  php, tcc, LinkRes2exe, firefox, vlc, jre1.5, java dyndns  
client and possibly a knoppix remaster in a cd is easy since they have  
licenses compatible to GPL.
I am going to bundle all of them in a cd for an easy fast demo in school.
I will rely on WINE for the NSIS installer and the TCC if that helps in  
compiling the executable.
What i need now is a GPL- compatible resource compiler (.res to .rc).
Microsoft MSVC compiler , rc.exe, and brc32.exe could do the trick but  
they are not GPL-compatible.
I could use tcc.exe and windres.exe because tcc is LGPL and windres is in  
MinGW which is in public domain
but when LinkRes2Exe links the .res file (created by windres from .rc file  
and resource files) to .exe file (created by TCC from .c and .h files),
it hangs for a long time and i even have trouble killing it.

when i use rc.exe or brc32.exe with LinkRes2Exe.exe and tcc.exe, all works  
fine. But only in my desktop, when i run the exeutable created in my  
laptop it just shows the window, its title, and its icon. It doesn't show  
its contents.
I have attached the executable, please test it in all your win32  
computers, so i can see if my laptop has the problem.
I don't run rc file through a preprocessor.
here's what i have been able to do

method A
1. i use rc.exe or brc32.exe to compile .rc file to .res file,
2. i use tcc.exe to compile .c and .h files to .exe file
3. i use LinkRes2Exe.exe to link .res file to .exe file
4. the .exe file shows the window's contents (buttons, and edit box) in my  
desktop
5. the .exe file doesn't show the window's contents (buttons, and edit  
box) in my laptop
6. i delete the line in the .rc file
                1 24 RTManifestfile
	(RTManifestfile is a macro for the manifest filename) and go to 1 and the  
.exe file shows the window's contents (buttons, and edit box) in my  
desktop and laptop but no xp style theme.

method B
1. i use windres.exe to compile .rc file to .o file,
2. i use gcc.exe to compile .c files , .o file, .h files to .exe file
3. the .exe file shows the window's contents (buttons, and edit box) in my  
desktop
4. the .exe file doesn't show the window's contents (buttons, and edit  
box) in my laptop
5.  delete the 1 24 RTManifestfile line in .rc file and go to 1 and the  
.exe file shows the window's contents (buttons, and edit box) in my  
desktop and laptop

method C
1. i use windres.exe to compile .rc file to .res file,
2. windres says syntax error on line where there is RCDATA
        ID_SOUND RCDATA SOUNDFile
        (SOUNDFile is a macro for the sound filename)
3. replace RCDATA with RC_DATA and go to 1 and if after that .res file is  
created go to 4
4. i use LinkRes2Exe.exe to link .res file to .exe file
5. LinkRes2Exe.exe outputs null as type of the resource types found in  
.res file
6. LinkRes2Exe.exe hangs and i have trouble killing it.

last resort would be method B without the manifest file if method C is not  
possible,
(and WINE to run it under linux)
but i am hoping if method C is possible
(tcc working with windres.exe and LinkRes2Exe.exe to produce .exe file  
from .c, .h ,. rc , .res, .wav(sound) , .ttf (font), manifest.xml  files)
to save space on my cd and for GPL compatibility.

i am going to try replacing RCDATA with 10, and i'll tell you how it goes.

please let me know if anybody need the source code files.
thanks in advance

what do you mean by this
The tool chain really doesn't have much to
> do with it.

thanks to all for developing this good small program,
 i wonder if an OS can use tcc to interpret c-script in all its  
executables (no binaries whatsoever, just the OS binary)
just curious.

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:25:54 +0800, Fred Weigel <address@hidden>  
wrote:

> bj
>
> I am not sure WHAT you are talking about. The GPL covers source code,
> the source for the resources. It does NOT cover Windows XP, which is
> what you are using to actually read and utilize your resources.
>
> If you want "top to bottom" GPL, you would have to use WINE under LINUX
> (as an example).
>
> You could even (for example), use the Microsoft MSVC compiler (I use
> MSVC 7) -- it is available as a free download from Microsoft. It can be
> used to compile "GPL code". The tool chain really doesn't have much to
> do with it.
>
> In any case, TCC is a small fast compiler. That it happens to be "GPL"d
> doesn't say anything about what you do with it -- you can use TCC to
> compile commercial or restricted code as well.
>
> And I don't really understand your problem -- are you running the rc
> file through a preprocessor? Do you get any warning or error? Any
> warnings on the window creation? And, what does this have to do with
> TCC?
>
> Fred Weigel
>
> On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 11:52 +0800, bj wrote:
> > to Mike Henning
> > hey, your Link2Res works fine however
> > when i try to combine a .res file created by rc.exe or brc32.exe with a
> > line like this in the rc file
> > 1 24 RTManifestfile
> >
> > where RTManifestfile is a macro for a name of the manifest file
> > the manifest xp theme style works on my windows xp desktop computer but
> > not on my windows xp pro dell latitude c840 laptop.
> > in my laptop the executable created just shows a blank window. when i
> > delete that line the executable works fine in both my desktop and  
> > laptop.
> >
> > it may be a bug in your program but can you fix this?
> >
> > and yes my thesis is in GPL so everything in it must be GPL-compatible.
> > rc.exe and brc32.exe are not GPL-compatible because they don't have  
> > source
> > code available so i can't use them in my thesis.
> > i could use open source windres.exe but compiling a rc file with RCDATA  
> > in
> > it (for my sound file and font file) causes a syntax error.
> > i change it to RC_DATA and windres.exe compiles the rc file to a res  
> > file
> > just fine. but when i link the res file to the exe file created by  
> > tcc.exe
> > using Link2Res.exe, Link2Res.exe hangs/crashes and takes a long time to  
> > be
> > killed by task manager.
> > so is there any way to make Link2Res.exe recognize RC_DATA or .res files
> > compiled by windres.exe
> > i have to use windres.exe because it is GPL compatible. and i can't find
> > an open source resource compiler in Google that works like rc.exe.
> >
> > if anyone can give me a link to a GPL-compatible open source resource
> > compiler other than windres.exe, i'll be very much grateful.
> > openwatcom doesn't seem compatible with GPL
> > if that can't be done, i'll switch to the full MinGW gcc.
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > pardon my english again
>
>
>
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