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

From: Christian Holm Christensen (cholm@nbi.dk)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 19:33:30 MET


Hi Francois-Xavier, 

On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 15:58 +0100, GENTIT Francois-Xavier DAPNIA wrote:
> 
> 
> 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;
                                                ^ 
                                                |
Could your problem have anything to do with this? i.e., that you have a
`forward slash' and not a `back slash' in your %PATH% environment
variable?   I'm guessing, so I may be way wrong :-)  


>  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/

Yours,

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