[Exodus-dev] Delphi & build.pl Build notes

Joe Hildebrand

2004-07-09 15:29:53 UTC

You can put all of your paths in a file called dopts.pl, next to the build.pl. We did it that way so you wouldn't have to modify the file that is checked in to CVS. It should look like this:

$::D = 'C:/lang/Borland/Delphi7';
$::TNT = "C:\\src\\jabber\\exodus\\exodus\\components\\tntUnicode";
$::ICQ = "\"C:\\src\\jabber\\exodus\\exodus\\plugins\\ICQ-Import\\ICQ\\Component\"";
$::NSIS = "\"C:\\Program Files\\NSIS\\makensis.exe\"";
$::DXGETDIR = "C:\\lang\\dxgettext";

But with you paths, obviously.

There's a zipdll.dll in the exodus root. Use that one to ensure we're using the same version. They've changed APIs a couple of times....

PGM: I thought you had added resource build steps for the emoticon libs?
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Joe Hildebrand
Denver, CO, USA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: [Exodus-dev] Delphi & build.pl Build notes
These are my build notes. I got everything to build.
My notes are terse, if you have questions please email me.
1. I noticed hard coded paths in build.pl (and elsewhere),
which I either used, or changed.
2. Download and install NSIS
(http://nsis.sourceforge.net)
3. Download and install dxgettext
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74086&p
ackage_id=
83210&release_id=177119)
Build.pl
Modified path to NSIS
Modified path to DXGETDIR
Modified path to D
4. Download and install Indy Components
http://www.indyproject.org/download/Borland.html,
http://www.atozed.com/indy/plus/install.iwp -
5. Installed Indy 9 (Delphi7)
http://downloads.atozedsoftware.com/indy/indy9.0.17_d7.exe
6. Unzip .\components\tntUnicode.zip and install the _D70.dpk package.
I received a Fatal Compiler Error (found workaround fix
(Google), due to Delphi 7.1 update)
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Delphi+C13310&hl=en&lr=&ie=U
TF-8&selm=
40a23c76%241%40newsgroups.borland.com&rnum=1
Had to disable showing warnings during compilation in
order to get it to compile and install!
7. Open .\exodus\components\ExComponents.dpk
Click "install" ExComponents.dpk.
Can't build ExComponents.dpk, getting unsupported 16bit resource in
file: RTFEditor.DFM Error!
Downloaded replacement RTFEditor.dfm
http://www.jabberstudio.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/exodus/exodus/
components
/RTFEditor.dfm)
Google search suggests that CVS may corrupt the binaries,
specifically DFM
binaries (they suggested saving DFM's as text).
8. Open Exodus.dpr, and Compile
Need JEDI http://sourceforge.net/projects/jcl/
Load, Install DJcl.dpk
Jedi doesn't want to build! Readme is wrong! I had to
type: "C:\Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\bin\make.exe"
9. It runs!
Build.pl
1. ZipDLL isn't part of the stock NSIS 2.0 so I
<http://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/download.php?file=ZipDLLv1.2.zip>
and put ZipDLL.dll and ZipDLL.nsh the parent dir (the script
will fail if it isn't so).
2. Build.pl doesn't build in release mode, easily fixed in
ExTracer.pas (too aggressive with $IFDEF TRACE_EXCEPTIONS)
3. Msn_emotions.dpr and yahoo_emoticons.dpr would not build
in build.pl. I needed to open in Delphi and build first. I
believe res files are missing. Need to add resource build
steps in build.pl.
4. zip statement doesn't build a complete exodus.zip, I
needed to add the files separately.
5. Missing: Delete /REBOOTOK
"$INSTDIR\${LIBIDN}${DLL_EXTENSION}" in exodus-new.nsi.
6. Silent install crashes my shstat.exe (McAfee tray app) if
I enable SSL, and plugins on by default in exodus-new.nsi.
Must be a null-installer bug.
7. Setup.exe works okay now.
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