Re: How to install GNatCom and GWindows - missing Tom.ads file??

[David Botton <david@botton.com>]

Did you download and unpack the redist-*.zip?

I will be releasing another release of GWindows in the next day or two 
that will make this a little less cumbersome also.

David Botton

On 2004-10-31 09:52:30 -0500, "Florian Haag" <florianhaag@yahoo.de> said:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to install GWindows, but the output as shown below is
> displayed in the console.
> Apparently something about a "tom.tlb" file and another named
> "tom.ads" ... no such files seem to be on my entire hard drive ...
> 
> Searching in Google, I only found the advice to add the
> Gnatcom\Tools directory to my PATH, but I still get the same
> result.
> 
> (Also, when trying to compile the samples shipped with
> gnatcom, for several files I get an error telling me that "ie.ads"
> was not found - I don't have a file named ie.ads anywhere
> either - is this normal?)
> 
> I downloaded GNAT, gnatcom and gwindows at the same day,
> the newest version of each, so they should work together (?)
> 
> Hope someone can help me; I'm quite a newbie to Ada's file
> structure etc. and most information on the web seems to be
> about the syntax etc. only (there doesn't even seem to be
> a good help file available for the standard packages (?)) ...
> 
> 
> [I'm using WinXP Home SP 2]
> Console Output:
> 
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gwindows>install
> Installing GWindows.....
> make -C bindings
> make[1]: Entering directory `C:/Programme/PrgLang/Ada95/gwindows/bindings'
> bindcom ..\\redist\\tom.tlb TOM
> GNATCOM.ERRORS.COM_ERROR
> HRESULT (2147654730) : Fehler beim Laden der Typbibliothek/DLL.
> 
> make unicode
> make[2]: Entering directory `C:/Programme/PrgLang/Ada95/gwindows/bindings'
> attrib -r gwindows.ads
> attrib -r gwindows-gstrings.adb
> attrib -r gwindows-gstrings-unbounded.ads
> copy gwindows_unicode.ads gwindows.ads
>         1 Datei(en) kopiert.
> copy gwindows-gstrings_unicode.adb gwindows-gstrings.adb
>         1 Datei(en) kopiert.
> copy gwindows-gstrings-unbounded_unicode.ads \
>         gwindows-gstrings-unbounded.ads
>         1 Datei(en) kopiert.
> attrib +r gwindows.ads
> attrib +r gwindows-gstrings.adb
> attrib +r gwindows-gstrings-unbounded.ads
> make[2]: Leaving directory `C:/Programme/PrgLang/Ada95/gwindows/bindings'
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-gstrings
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-gstrings-io
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-gstrings-unbounded
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-utilities
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-errors
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-internal
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-base
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-application
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-key_states
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-message_boxes
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-windows
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-windows-main
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-windows-mdi
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-events
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-colors
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-cursors
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-drawing
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-drawing-capabilities
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-drawing_objects
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-drawing_panels
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-menus
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-registry
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-buttons
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-carets
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-image_lists
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-combo_boxes
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-common_controls
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-common_dialogs
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-edit_boxes
> gnatmake -gnatg -gnatq gwindows-scintilla
> gnatmake gwindows-edit_boxes-rich
> gcc -c gwindows-edit_boxes-rich.adb
> gwindows-edit_boxes-rich.adb:41:33: file "tom.ads" not found
> gwindows-edit_boxes-rich.adb:41:33: "Gwindows.Edit_Boxes.Rich (body)" 
> depends on
>  "Gwindows.Edit_Boxes.Rich (spec)"
> gwindows-edit_boxes-rich.adb:41:33: "Gwindows.Edit_Boxes.Rich (spec)" 
> depends on
>  "Tom (spec)"
> compilation abandoned
> gnatmake: "gwindows-edit_boxes-rich.adb" compilation error
> make[1]: *** [gwindows] Error 4
> make[1]: Leaving directory `C:/Programme/PrgLang/Ada95/gwindows/bindings'
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\GNAT\bin\make: *** [all] Error 2
> Install Completed
> 
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gwindows>
> 
> My ada_source_path file:
> adainclude
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\GNAT\Bindings\Win32Ada\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\bindings\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\tools\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gwindows\bindings\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\tools\
> 
> My ada_object_path file:
> adalib
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\GNAT\Bindings\Win32Ada
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\bindings\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\tools\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gwindows\bindings\
> C:\Programme\PrgLang\Ada95\gnatcom\tools\
> 
> TIA
> Florian Haag