[ROOT] Impossible to use Root 4.01/04 on Windows XP

From: GENTIT Francois-Xavier DAPNIA (GENTIT@dapnia.cea.fr)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 15:58:51 MET


 

Hello rooters,

I still have the problem that I described in bug 2562, and it seems that I
am the only one with this problem. I am working under Windows XP, trying to
use ROOT 4.01/04 version "Win32gdk". The problem is that none of my programs
compiled and linked ok, using "make" in a cygwin window, work. When clicking
on the .exe produced, I get the following message:

Error in <TWinNTSystem::DynamicPathName>: Win32gdk does not exist in
.;E:\Applications\extlib\ROOT\v4_01_04\root/bin; C:\WINNT\system32;
C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem; C:\Program Files\Common
Files\AutodeskShared\;E:\Applications\Dev\VS_7_1\Vc7\bin;E:\Applications\Dev
\VS_7_1\Common7\IDE;E:\Applications\rootdev\bin;E:\Applications\extlib\ROOT\
v4_01_04\root\bin, or has wrong file extension (.dll)

Notice that the message is strange, since libWin32gdk.dll indeed exists in
E:\Applications\extlib\ROOT\v4_01_04\root\bin and is not empty.

The problem occurs also exactly the same if I compile and link the program
with Visual C++ 7.1

I have done an almost empty "hello" program which also does not work and I
join it with this mail. I would be extremely happy if someone could try it.
Joined with Hello.ZIP is also the file LoaderMessage.txt where the full
output written at the launch of the program is written.

I have done the following checks:

(1) - No problem at all with ROOT 4.00/08

(2) - ROOT in itself is perfectly working: I have tried .x benchmarks.C and
it works.

(3) - I have also tried to compile and link with make in a cygwin window,
all the ROOT examples in $ROOTSYS/test: everything works ok!!! It is
extremely irritating that only my programs do not work!!!

(4) - If instead of clicking twice on hello.exe, I launch ROOT and do
gSystem.Load("libHello"); everything works ok !!!

It is the first time I have such a strange problem with ROOT and I am
anxious of being obliged to stick forever to ROOT 4.00/08. Many many thanks
if you can help me!

F.X.Gentit

DAPNIA/SPP CEA Saclay

http://gentit.home.cern.ch/gentit/

 






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