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29 Jul 2024 19:22:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Compile errors with VS 2005 on Windows XP  
From: Chris Cason
Date: 6 Apr 2009 01:46:53
Message: <49d9974d@news.povray.org>
Christian Froeschlin wrote:
>> Anyway seems like it starts compiling ok now!
> 
> Ok everything was built fine so I confirm that using boost
> from http://www.povray.org/beta/source/boost_3.7_win32.zip
> instead of the official 1.37 solves the problem.
> 
> Also, I'm happy to confirm that apart from the above problem
> beta 31 compiles with Visual C++ Express 2005 without any need
> for changes to the project files. I just set BOOST_ROOT, and
> I already had the Platform SDK.
> 
> BTW, iline 328 in pvtext.cpp caused a debug assertion during startup

> only accepts values between -1 an 0xFF, but char is signed). The
> character is not printed. A cast to (unsigned char) prevents the
> debug assertion. Removing the isprint test actually caused
> the character to be printed correctly.

Thanks for the info, I'll try to get that fix into the beta 32 source before I
release it.

-- Chris


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