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Maciej Tarnawski
Maciej Tarnawski

Reputation: 13

Error when compiling in AdaGIDE using win32

I'm experiencing some troubles with AdaGIDE compiler and its libraries. I installed GNAT 2013 and AdaGIDE 7.45 on Windows XP. When I'm trying to compile any code that requires win32 (eg. with win32.winnt;) AdaGIDE's console says file "win32.ads" not found.

I searched the web and I found this, followed the instructions, installed the win32 package, ran setpath.bat, I even tried copying libraries into every GNAT folder I found - but nothing works. When I copy win32.ads to the folder with my program it requires more libraries so I guess copying all of them into my program directory wouldn't be a very good idea either.

Does anyone know how to deal with this problem?

-- Edit --

I had a little chat with the creator of AdaGIDE and all I had to do was to set Compiler Options in Tools -> Project setting in current directory to:

-Ic:\GNAT\2012\include\win32ada -Ic:\gnat\2012\lib\win32ada\static

c:\GNAT\2012\include\win32ada is where I installed Win32Ada, you also have to make sure that in \static\ there is a file named libwin32ada.a.

Unfortunately it has to be repeated for every new project.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1067

Answers (1)

Simon Wright
Simon Wright

Reputation: 25491

As I write, libre.adacore.com is only showing the 2012 (and 2011!) releases. I expect the 2013 release will be back in a day or so.

Looking at the 2012 release for x86-windows, I see the eleventh entry on the list is "Win32Ada 2012". I think the 2013 version of that is what you need.

You might be able to install the 2012 version of Win32Ada into your 2013 GNAT installation ... worth a try if you can't wait!

In any case, Win32Ada is provided in a way that expects you to use GNAT Project (.gpr) files. It comes with examples: if you look in C:\GNAT\2012\share\examples\win32ada, you'll find various example projects; I tried connect, double-clicked on connect.gpr, it fired up GPS, I said Build>Project>Build All and it built connect.exe.

Upvotes: 1

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