Re: [cssed-devel] CSSed for Windows

[Billie W. <bil...@sw...>]

That seems to have fixed the libxml2 issue but now it complains about 
iconv.dll.

If it ain't one thing it's six others. *<]:oD

It's a great little program that deserves to live. I'm no part a 
programmer or I would offer to help.

On 02/12/2015 01:57 PM, Iago Rubio wrote:
> Hello Billie,
>
> Sorry for my late response.
>
> The problems you are finding are because  the most used gtk+ library at the
> time cssed was release included libxml2, but later on the libxml2 library
> was not included anymore.
>
> The other problem is cssed have not been updated in years and this is
> entirely my fault, but as you are still using I will do everything I can to
> help you to sort those problems.
>
> The problem with those libraries on windows is you need to match the
> compiler used for the executable and the libraries. If you compiled the main
> executable with gcc and the libraries with visual c++ - as example - things
> may not load properly.
>
> In your case I think the best bet will be to try to use the original libxml2
> that was used when cssed was released. You must take the library file and
> put it in the same directory the cssed.exe or cssed_win32.exe executable
> have been installed.
>
> I have put  the file for you on my server, so you can test it out. If it
> works, just pass the file around to your friends and use the same installer
> you used.
>
> You can download it here http://iagorubio.com/billie/libxml2.dll
>
> If it doesn't work, just let me know, and I will try to make a new installer
> with the library file included.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Iago Rubio.
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> From: Billie Walsh
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:27 PM
> To: cssed
> Subject: [cssed-devel] CSSed for Windows
>
> I've been using CSSed for a while and love it in Kubuntu. However, I
> know a few people that most likely would love to use it in Windows. I
> found the installer and installed CSSed and the GTK stuff without issues
> on a windows7 machine. When I tried to run it it came back with an error
> "libxml2.dll" not found. I've looked at several pages on how to fix this
> but so far none have worked.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated. I would like to tell people about CSSed but
> I need to know how to tell them to make it work in VERY simple language.
> Many of those that would benefit are not technical.
>