Compilation problem under Win XP

[mthiercy]

I'm trying to compile Ice 1.01 under Windows XP using the .NET Visual environment (and after having installed all the required components - DB, openssl, etc.)

I have had a first problem with IceUtil/UUID.cpp where the conditionnal test (and the similar test on line 47):
#if _MSC_VER > 1200
wchar_t* str;
#else
unsigned char* str;
#endif
generated errors. I had to remove the test to force an 'unsigned char' declaration and generate the executable.

The second issue is when I try to build the Ice directory. I get a message like :
------ Build started: Project: Ice, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

Performing Custom Build Step
[many similar lines...]
Performing Custom Build Step
Compiling...
UserExceptionFactoryManager.cpp
UserExceptionFactory.cpp
UnknownEndpoint.cpp
UdpTransceiver.cpp
UdpEndpoint.cpp
Transceiver.cpp
TraceUtil.cpp
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(88) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(89) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(90) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(91) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(92) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(95) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(98) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'IceProxy::Ice'
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(88) : error C2039: 'Context' : is not a member of 'operator``global namespace'''
../../include\Ice\Proxy.h(88) : error C3861: 'Context': identifier not found, even with argument-dependent lookup

And the same messages are repeated afterwards for other CPPs.

I don't understand the error message as the declaration seems perfectly right into the Proxy.h file. Is it an issue with the Windows compiler configuration ? A missing option ?

Thanks for your help.

[marc]

Which version of Visual C++ .NET are you using? 7.0 or 7.1?

[mthiercy]

I'm using Microsoft Development Environment 7.1(.2292)
There is no specific reference number for the C++ compiler.

Thanks for your help.

[bernard]

Ice 1.0.1 was released before Visual Studio .NET 2003 ... at that time, there was only one Visual Studio .NET.

If you send an e-mail to support@zeroc.com, I'd be happy to send you a 1.0.1 patch (just a few files) to work-around the bugs introduced in VC7.1. Or you could wait a day or so for Ice 1.1.0: it supports VC7.1 (and 7.0 and 6.0), and includes binary distributions for Windows.

Cheers,
Bernard

[mthiercy]

I succeeded in compiling Ice 1.0.1 with the patch (but I guess you already know it solves the problem ) . I'm going on with my tests.

Thanks again for the help.