On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Bruno Anquine wrote:
> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Bruno Anquine <banqu@eurpd.csg.mot.com> :
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a general question. Was someone able to
> use the Xforms on windows95?
Yes! I used it to create a port of my linux program under win95.
> If yes, what compiler do you use and which X11
> library is needed.
I used the environment which comes with the Cygwin Project:
/cgi-bin/exit-to?http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
which includes a fairly recent egcs compiler (my program is something
like C++ :). Compared to a full linux installation there are several
libraries missing, but you can fetch the sources and recompile if needed
(the regex package I had to recompile).
Check the "related sites" link for pointers to some precompiled stuff.
You then need the X11 client libraries, found at:
http://www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp/
libXpm is not included, but there's one coming with the XForms
distribution. Make sure to pick the fixed cygwin1.dll from that page as
well.
Then you need an X server for win95. There's a good list at:
http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html
I personally use the demo version of X-win32 (it's limited, but I do all
the developement on linux, so I just need the server to test if everything
runs):
/cgi-bin/exit-to?http://www.starnet.com/product.htm
Do not bother trying the free Xserver from MIX because it's unable to deal
with the XForms controls (at least not with the ones I use), resulting in
a dead application....
Hope this helps,
Alberto
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