Development Debugging Environment - Setup Help

[rgleason]

Gettext

Install Poedit from Poedit - it's version of gettext is the best available out there.
Add gettext to your PATH - if you installed Poedit, right-click My Computer, select Properties... and on the Advanced tab click on Environment Variables button and add C:\Program Files\Poedit\bin to the PATH system variable

I do have this path variable, I checked again. I will try to restart the cmd prompt, but I had this path before.

[nohal]

If you issue type msgfmt on the command line and hit Enter, what happens?

[rgleason]

Gettext

Install Poedit from Poedit - it's version of gettext is the best available out there.
Add gettext to your PATH - if you installed Poedit, right-click My Computer, select Properties... and on the Advanced tab click on Environment Variables button and add C:\Program Files\Poedit\bin to the PATH system variable

Shut down everything and rebooted, checked path.

Variable: PATH
Value: C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\:C:\Program Files\Poedit\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin;C:\wxWidgets-2.8.12\lib\vc_dll

[rgleason]

cmd , cd \ , msgfmt <enter>

Prompt: 'msgfmt' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[nohal]

I see an error:
":" in front of C:\Program Files\Poedit\bin
has to be ";"
Also, as you have a 64-bit system, poedit could be in C:\Program Files (x86) - check it locally...

[rgleason]

at cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Poedit\bin
execute xgettext
prompt system error "the program can't start because the libgettextscr-0-18-1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling to fix this problem."

Which I will do next. (Part of the general failure and restoration? Who knows.)

[rgleason]

Downloaded poedit-1.5.2-setup.exe again and ran it.
Seemed to install fine. Will then try the build again in awhile.
Thanks Pavel, and others you've been very patient with me.


Will also fix that error in PATH variable. Thanks Pavel. Text gets too small for me sometimes.

[rgleason]

Also found out that Poedit installed under Program Files (x86), just as you predicted. - Perhaps the instructions should mention this too for Window7x64bit systems. ...made PATH change of course.

[rgleason]

Ran MS Visual Studio 2010 command prompt.
cd \ to get to root
cd c:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\opencpn-git\build
cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" ...

And it seemed to compile successfully! Harrah.
Thank you Pavel. It did not help for me to make some dumb mistakes.

Did not seem to find GTK2 or the tinyxml library.
Is there something I can do about that?

http://tgp-architects.com/OpenCPN/Re...-to-Poedit.png

How do I run Opencpn in debug mode now?

[rgleason]

From Compiling for Windows --
Compiling Alternative 1: From Visual Studio

Open the solution created by cmake (build/OpenCPN.sln)

Compile the whole solution or individual projects

You have to compile project opencpn before you can compile any plugins (to be fixed in the configuration process)

If you want to debug, don't forget to select opencpn as a start-up project and if you didn't add the WX DLL path to the PATH environment variable earlier, copy the needed WX DLLs to the build directory (Debug or Release, depending on which version you build). The DLLs can be found in C:\${WXDIR}\lib\vc_dll and you will need:

Debug: wxbase28ud_net_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28ud_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28ud_xml_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28ud_adv_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28ud_core_vc_custom.dll

Release: wxbase28u_net_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28u_xml_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_adv_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll

1. Start- MS Visual Studio 2010 - Visual C++ Express 2010

2. File -Open - Project/Solution

3. Browse to C:\Data-Dart\Up-Soft\Navigation\opencpn-git\build and open the file "OpenCPN.sln"

4. If you want to debug, select opencpn as a start-up project Pick Project - Set as Startup Project

5. If you didn't add the WX DLL path to the PATH environment variable earlier, copy the needed WX DLLs to the build directory (Debug or Release, depending on which version you build). The DLLs can be found in C:\${WXDIR}\lib\vc_dll and you will need:

Debug: wxbase28ud_net_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28ud_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28ud_xml_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28ud_adv_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28ud_core_vc_custom.dll - DONE because the goal is to debug!

Release: wxbase28u_net_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll, wxbase28u_xml_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_adv_vc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll

6. Pick from menu "Debug - Build Solution"
See output below

Output
1>------ Build started: Project: ZERO_CHECK, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
2>------ Build started: Project: i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
3>------ Build started: Project: grib-i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
4>------ Build started: Project: dashboard-i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
5>------ Skipped Build: Project: grib-po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
5>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
6>------ Skipped Build: Project: grib-pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
6>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
7>------ Skipped Build: Project: po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
7>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
8>------ Skipped Build: Project: dashboard-pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
8>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
9>------ Skipped Build: Project: dashboard-po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
9>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
10>------ Skipped Build: Project: pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
10>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
3> grib-i18n: Done.
2> i18n: Done.
4> dashboard-i18n: Done.
11>------ Skipped Build: Project: dummy, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
11>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
12>------ Build started: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
12> Build all projects
13>------ Skipped Build: Project: PACKAGE, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
13>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
14>------ Skipped Build: Project: INSTALL, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
14>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
========== Build: 5 succeeded, 0 failed, 7 up-to-date, 9 skipped ==========

[rgleason]

Well, I'm kind of stuck now. Don't know how to use it!

[rgleason]

JesperWe suggested 3 debugging videos Tutorials for using MS Video Studio 2010

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Video 1 youtube.com/watch?V=z5gBIizwsY0
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[bdbcat]

Rick...

Rightclick the OpenCPN project in the list on the left. Select "Build". See what happens.

Dave

[rgleason]

Dave, This is what I did. Thanks for your help.
1. Load MS Visual Studio 2010
2. No projects shown, so File Open Project/Solution, pick ..opencpn-git/build/opencpn.sln
3. Now the left pane Solution Explorer has "Solution 'OpenCPN' (21 projects)" with ALL_BUILD below that.
4. I right clicked "Solution 'OpenCPN' and picked 'Build'
5. Output Window shows:

1>------ Build started: Project: ZERO_CHECK, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
2>------ Build started: Project: i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
3>------ Build started: Project: grib-i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
4>------ Build started: Project: dashboard-i18n, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
5>------ Skipped Build: Project: grib-po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
5>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
6>------ Skipped Build: Project: grib-pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
6>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
7>------ Skipped Build: Project: po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
7>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
8>------ Skipped Build: Project: dashboard-pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
8>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
9>------ Skipped Build: Project: dashboard-po-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
9>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
10>------ Skipped Build: Project: pot-update, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
10>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
3> grib-i18n: Done.
4> dashboard-i18n: Done.
2> i18n: Done.
11>------ Skipped Build: Project: dummy, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
11>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
12>------ Build started: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
12> Build all projects
13>------ Skipped Build: Project: PACKAGE, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
13>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
14>------ Skipped Build: Project: INSTALL, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
14>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
========== Build: 5 succeeded, 0 failed, 7 up-to-date, 9 skipped ==========

[nohal]

Rick...
You are done. Now you can run OpenCPN in debug mode. If you followed the instructions and set opencpn as the startup project, just hit F5 and enjoy.

Pavel