[Quickfix-developers] Problem building python extension on windows.

[fredrik k. <fre...@gm...>]

Hi!
I struggle to build quickfix as an extension module on windows (It was some
time ago since I done this kind of work...).
In the windows source I downloaded, *
qui...@li...* , I see in the QuickFixPython.cpp
a include statement, "config.h"  which I can't found anywere in the download
and changed it to config_windows.h (which was found under /src) in a attemp
to perhaps solve the problem.


My environment:
- windows 7, 32-bit
- visual studio 2008
- my own compiled version of  python 2.6.

Anyway, I was able to build both quickfix and Python2.6 out of the box but
when I try building QuickfixPython a lot of errors can be seen.
>>>
QuickfixPython.cpp(24796) : error C2872: 'INT' : ambiguous symbol
        could be 'C:\Program Files\\Microsoft
SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\windef.
h(172) : int INT'
        or       'c:\quickfix-win\quickfix\src\c++\FieldTypes.h(509) :
FIX::INT'
>>>
>>>
QuickfixPython.cpp(24199) : error C2872: 'CHAR' : ambiguous symbol
        could be 'C:\Program Files\\Microsoft
SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h
(276) : char CHAR'
        or       'c:\quickfix-win\quickfix\src\c++\FieldTypes.h(507) :
FIX::CHAR
<<<
etc.

I haven't investigated this futher and haven't used SWIG before and hope
that it is perhaps a simple solution to this.


I tested using:
- the ordinary distutils way
- using CodeBlock
- using Visual Studio (I really sucks when it comes to setup this kind of
things).

I also have cygwin(I also downloaded the unix source) and MinGW installed.

Is there a simple solution to this problem? Perhaps just generating a new
wrapper using SWIG on windows?
-- 
Fredrik Kant

-- 
Fredrik Kant

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