Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Win2000 Error: wireshark.exe is not a valid Win32 application

["yin sun" <sunyin51@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/27/07, Greg Bell <greg_bell_12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for that reply. I'm glad someone confirmed it works using VC 2005EE. What about the Platform SDK, did you use Server 2003 R2?

Yes, I also have VS80sp1-KB926748-X86-INTL.exe installed for  the reason I  forgot.

Regarding your mods,

2. We're referring to C:\wireshark-0.99.6\tools\win32-setup.sh right?

Yes.

3. Do you replace all occurences of xcopy (in if statements only) with "c:/WINNT/system32/xcopy"? For example,

if exist wireshark.pdb xcopy wireshark.pdb $(INSTALL1_DIR) /d

Becomes:

if exist wireshark.pdb "c:/WINNT/system32/xcopy" wireshark.pdb $(INSTALL1_DIR) /d

Yes.

I tried changing my build environment to VC6 and it now works on Windows 2000. I may just end up sticking with this build setup, as it resolves my issue and seems less problamatic than using VC2005EE. I think the "Win32: Step-by-Step Guide" should state at the top that if you have VC6, use it instead of 2005EE.

 

Thanks and regards,

Greg

yin sun < sunyin51@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I did the clean build again on HP/compaq nc8000 with 0.99.6 source
I unzip the source under c:\wireshark- 0.99.6
Here are some modifications I did.
1. config.nmake MSVC_VARIANT=MSVC2005EE
2. dos2unix win32-setup.sh  win32-setup.shc (my cygwin use unix line convention)
3. Use full path such as "c:/WINNT/system32/xcopy" to replace xcopy in if statement of Makefile.nmake

Then the build,
nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools
nmake -f Makefile.nmake setup to update the c:\wireshark-win32-libs
nmake -f Makefile.nmake distclean
nmake -f Makefile.nmake all

During the build there is only one annoying thing. The nmake failed sometime, complaining "xxx is not a reconized ...". Then what I need to do is run the "nmake -f Makefile.nmake all" again.

Hope this will help. I didn't have the problem you had. One thing I noticed is I have
verion .762 of Program Maintenance Utility, but you have .42

nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Checking for required applications:
        cl: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/cl
        link: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/link
        nmake: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/nmake

Thanks,
/Yin

On 8/24/07, Greg Bell <greg_bell_12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm assuming when I do the verify_tools step, it confirms that I'm using nmake/cl/link from VS8 based on the output:

 

C:\wireshark>nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.42
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Checking for required applications:
        cl: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/cl
        link: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/link
        nmake: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/nmake

        bash: /usr/bin/bash
        ............

yin sun <sunyin51@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:

the wiki page suggest you ONLY use nmake/cl/link from VS8 (true name of Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition),
but make sure NOT use nmake/cl/link from 2003 server SDK R2 under windows 2000.

Hope this will help.

/Yin

On 8/22/07, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greg Bell wrote:
> I guess if I used VS 6.0, I wouldn't need Platform SDK 2003 as its
> already integrated in the 6.0 compiler package. To use 6.0, I would
> need to prepare cmd.exe by calling
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\vcvars32.bat"
> instead of
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat"
> correct?
Yes.  You also need to make changes to config.nmake to indicate the use
of VC6.
>
> This would still not resolve the issue with VC 2005 EE and Platform
> SDK 2003 R3. I'm surprised this is not a common problem among other
> Wireshark developers; do people just not use (or test on) Windows 2000
> anymore?
>
I guess folks are:

a) Using a combination of EE and SDK that works on W2K
b) Not testing/using on W2K
c) Using VS2005 Pro or better with a different SDK.

We have had several threads in the past few months with this issue, but
no-one who has had the issue has stayed the course until we resolved it.

You may want to buck the trend!

--
Regards,

Graham Bloice

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