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Virtuawin

Version 2.9

Getting the source

virtuawin.sourceforge.net.

Compiling

Changing the makefile

  • .obj => .o
  • lcc => gcc
  • -subsystem windows => -mwindows
  • shell32.lib => -l shell32 -l comctl32
  • rc => windres -O coff
  • remove win.h
  • remove _syslist.h
  • Adjust INCLUDEPATH 
INCLUDEPATH=c:\tools\mingw.3.1.0\Include
CFLAGS=-I$(INCLUDEPATH) 
LINKFLAGS=-mwindows
CC=gcc.exe
TARGET=VirtuaWin.exe
OBJS = VirtuaWin.res VirtuaWin.o DiskRoutines.o SetupDialog.o ModuleRoutines.o

LIBS = -l shell32 -l comctl32

$(TARGET):	$(OBJS) Makefile
	gcc $(LINKFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJS) $(LIBS)

VIRTUAWIN_RC=\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\windows.h \
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\limits.h \
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\stdarg.h \
	resource.h \

VirtuaWin.res:	$(VIRTUAWIN_RC) VirtuaWin.rc
	rem lrc -Ic:\VirtuaWin -Ic:\lcc\include  VirtuaWin.rc
	windres -O coff VirtuaWin.rc VirtuaWin.res

VIRTUAWIN_C=\
	VirtuaWin.h \
	Resource.h \
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\windows.h \
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\limits.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\stdarg.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\shellapi.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\stdio.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\stdlib.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\stddef.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\string.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\commctrl.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\math.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\io.h\
	$(INCLUDEPATH)\sys\stat.h\

VirtuaWin.o: $(VIRTUAWIN_C) VirtuaWin.c 
	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) VirtuaWin.c 

DiskRoutines.o: $(DISKROUTINES_C) DiskRoutines.c
	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) DiskRoutines.c 

SetupDialog.o: $(SETUPDIALOG_C) Setupdialog.c
	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) Setupdialog.c 

ModuleRoutines.o: $(MODULEROUTINES_C) ModuleRoutines.c
	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) ModuleRoutines.c 

clean: 
	@rm $(OBJS)

all: clean $(TARGET)

Changing SetupDialog.c and VirtuaWin.c

Add #include <commctrl.h> at a convinient place.

Compiling with MinGW

Making

Installing

After compiling Virtuawin and trying to execute it, the following Error Message will be generated:
VirtuaWin is not correctly installed, try to reinstall. If you still have problems, send a mail to XXXX@yyyy.zz (address hidden to protect against spam)
From looking at the code, it turns out, that
/Software/VirtuaWin/Settings
must be created.
Therein, a string value is needed with the name path whose value points to the configuration files (*.cfg) that came with the downloaded source.
Now, if virtuawin is started, it will bark something about not properly configured files due to something, but it will create those. However, you're going to loose the current applications

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