XForms: xform & visual c++ 5.0

Dick Middleton (dick@sqf.hp.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:14:47 +0100

# To subscribers of the xforms list from Dick Middleton <dick@sqf.hp.com> :

> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Stephane Rossignol <Stephane.Rossignol@esemetz.ese-metz.fr> :

> I have a problem with xform for visual c++.

> I have developped a not-so-little graphical application
> with xforms under unix (sgi and alpha and sun:
> I have no encountred big incompatibility problem) and now
> I have to put it under visual c (very new for me).

> I can compile and link (for example,
> demo06.c), but when I run demo6.exe,
> I obtain:

> demo06.exe: Can't open display
> Missing or failed fl_initialize()

> I have forgotten something, but what?
> (Ah! I use windows 95, and not windows NT????)

There's absolutely nothing quite like having an X-server on your system. I
think there's a number of proprietry X-servers for windows and I think
there's a GNU one as well. Another suggestion is to look at vnc which has
X-server equivalents for windows and unix.
http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/index.html

Dick

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