Re: PSPP-BUG: Problem running Version pspp-20200905-daily-64bit

[jeepee]

Hi John,

your effort is appreciated!

I will be ready to test ... at least with re for win-7-64.

Just let me know when and where to download ...

Let me iterate once again what is the problem.

After installing the program it does not start. Instead a smal windows pops up saying that the "ScriptIsComplex"-Routine has no entry point in GDI32.DLL. (GDI32.dll is an important system library since ever for all windows versions.)

I then searched the internet for this "ScriptIsComplex"-Routine and what it does. I found information for it at Microsofts website.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/usp10/nf-usp10-scriptiscomplex

Just a little bit down there MS states:

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Important  Starting with Windows 8: To maintain the ability to run on Windows 7, a module that uses Uniscribe must specify Usp10.lib before gdi32.lib in its library list.

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I hope a programmer knows to translate this into something meaningful.

To me this gives a hint where the problem might be, because it relates to the error-message showing up at starting pspp that the entry point for "ScriptIsComplex" is missing in GDI32.dll. Maybe the solution is just a matter of placing "usp10.lib" before "gdi32.lib" in - to be determined - some module's library list.

I hope for the best

Best regards,

Peter

On 20 Feb 2021 at 7:48, John Darrington wrote:

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>

> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 09:41:31PM +0100, Harry Thijssen wrote:

>      Hi Peter

>     

>      Op vr 19 feb. 2021 om 15:19 schreef Peter Jauernig <peter.jauernig@chello.at

>      >:

>     

>      > Hi Harry,

>      >

>      > thank you for showing up. When you say you have stopped building new

>      > versions for windows, does this mean that from now on there will be no

>      > windows builds until someone else catches up?

>      >

>     

>      Unfortunately I guess that is correct.

>     

>      Meaning, is there still somebody I can talk to with regard to my findings?

>      >

>     

>      You can do it in the bug-gnu-pspp forum.  Maybe somebody is able to

>      figure out how to make new MSWindows build.

>     

>     

> Building pspp for windows is not hard.   If nobody else volunteers I will do it.

> However my problem will be that since I don't have a windows machine, I won't

> be able to test it.  Also (at least from my point of view) supporting non-free

> systems such as windows, is always going to be a very low prority tak.

>

> J'

>

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