> I'm new to this news group, but I have scoured the postings for
> information related to my problem, and haven't found a solution.
>
> I was first having a problem with the compiler freezing in lighting.c.
> I found the solution to this problem, and promptly got a service pack
> for Visual Studio.
>
> I am now facing a linking error however.  I receive this error message
> upon linking:
>
> PVTEXT.OBJ : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
> __imp__CreateToolbarEx@52
> bin/povray.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
>
> I am using the a workspace file for VC5.0 that came with the source
> files.  I have noticed that this particular definition "CreateToolbarEx"
> is defined in COMMCTRL.H, and that this references the comctl32.lib
> library.  This library wasn't in the list of libraries to be included
> for linking, so I added it.  Upon doing so I was able to create an
> executable just fine, however I would get an error upon execution of
> this binary stating:
>
> Critical Error
> Error: Could not create editor window.
>
> I'm not sure exactly what I am doing wrong.  I am new to windows
> programming, and the VC++ interface.  If I can complete this compile,
> then I will start coding the interface for working with implicit surface
> models in POVRay.  However before this can be done, I need to be able to
> compile the bare bones version.
>
> Any help or comments would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric Fausett
> Shape Modeling Lab
> University of Aizu  JAPAN
> s10### [at] u-aizuacjp



Could some one help me with this problem?  Has anyone encountered this
error?
I'm wondering why comctl32.lib was not one of the linking libraries icluded
in the project file
that I downloaded with the source.  After compiling I still get the error
message:

Error: Could not create editor window

This error happens when:

((editor_window = Edit.CreateEditor (main_window, tabbed_window, HomePath))
== NULL)

on line 5243 of PVENGINE.C.

Can any one tell me what I might be doing wrong? I have had one response
telling me to put editdll.dll in the same directory, however this yields no
results.  Any response would be apprciated.

Thank you,

Eric Fausett
Shape Modeling Lab
University of Aizu  JAPAN
s10### [at] u-aizuacjp

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