I believe I have correctly built SpiderMonkey, for Windows, from the source code. But am having a problem using SpiderMonkey within a Visual Studio project. First I’ll describe how I got the source code, and then how I built it. After that I’ll describe how I’ve set up my Visual Studio 2005 project.
I am using Windows Vista and Visual Studio 2005.
I installed the Windows Build Prerequisites as described here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites
I installed MozillaBuild:
I now have a c:mozilla-build directory with files
I installed the correct version of the Windows SDK as described by this page: https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Windows_SDK_versions
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//Visual C++ 8 (VS2005) Professional
//Download and install the Windows 7 SDK.
//Install this Microsoft hotfix to allow linking to work correctly.
I downloaded the source code, using the following command in MozillaBuild:
hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/
The SpiderMonkey source code is now in c:mozilla-centraljssrc
I follow the build instructions on this page:
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/SpiderMonkey/Build_Documentation
I launch MozillaBuild from the command shell:
c:mozilla-buildstart-msvc8.bat (VS 2005)
In the MozillaBuild shell, I use the following commands:
cd /c/mozilla-central/js/src
autoconf-2.13
./configure
make
So far, so good. No errors.
HERE IS WHERE THINGS GET MURKY FOR ME… I’M FUMBLING AROUND AND COULD USE SOME GUIDANCE (MUCH APPRECIATED).
Now I want to create a Visual Studio 2005 project, that uses SpiderMonkey. I believe the build process creates a DLL by default. The page does describe how to create a static library as well. For now I will try to use the DLL.
First, I need to go into the “Project/Properties” menu and then go to “Configuration Properties” in the tree.
Then I use the “C/C++” and “Linker” nodes in the tree to set up some stuff.
In my source code I set up the following directives:
#define XP_WIN
#include “jsapi.h”
In my Project/Properties, I set up the following:
- C/C++: Additional Include Directories: “C:mozilla-centraljssrc”;“C:mozilla-centraljssrcdistinclude”
- Linker: Additional Dependencies: mozjs.lib
Other notes. The build creates these files, they look like the relevant ones?
mozjs.lib
mozjs.dll
Also, I put the mozjs.dll file in my project directory.
Okay!
So far this has been an 8-10 hour process figuring everything out. I’m excited, but wary.
So in wWinMain() I put a little source code to see if I can use SpiderMonkey.
JSRuntime *rt;
rt = JS_NewRuntime(0x100000);
And I am greeted by this message:
“Unable to Locate Component”
“The application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found.”
So it looks as if my little project compiles okay, and links okay. But when I launch the project there’s that message about MSVCR80.dll.
So I turn to old man Google. For 6 hours. And still I can’t figure out what my next step should be.
Thanks in advance for any help and pointers. I don’t like asking other people to do my dirty-work for me, but I am so close, yet so far away. I can almost taste all that SpiderMonkey goodness. But I can’t figure out this last bit. Thank you!
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