[ace-users] ACE-based project on Windows

Gonzalo Diethelm gonzalo.diethelm at diethelm.org
Tue Jul 3 16:02:35 CDT 2007


Ok, thanks for the hints. It seems I can download a precompiled version
of ACE 5.5 for Windows from the Riverace page; is this free?

Another question: say I got my hands on a later version of ACE, compiled
with VC8. Do you think it could work within VC6, for my project? I think
the binary formats (DLL, LIB, etc.) should not be a problem, but I am
not so sure about the header files, which might have some advanced C++
usages that VC6 will choke on...

Thanks and best regards.

On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:30 -0400, Steve Huston wrote:

> Hi Gonzalo,
> 
> > A warm hello to everyone,
> 
> Nice to hear from you!
> 
> > After a long pause, I may need to get involved on a development
> > project using ACE on Windows (2003 server).
> 
> Great!
> 
> > I understand MSVC 6 support has been dropped for some time now,
> > but that is what I have, so I would like to pose the following
> questions:
> > What is the latest ACE version that supported compilation on MSVC 6?
> 
> DOC 5.5.1 (the 5.5 "BFO" beta) has MSVC6. Riverace's 5.5 series also
> has it (and will continue as long as we're doing 5.5 support).
> 
> > How long ago in time was this?
> 
> 5.5.1 was about a year ago. Riverace 5.5b was within the past couple
> of months.
> 
> > If I decide to update my tools, what is the current version of MSVC
> > that I should use?
> 
> VC8 (Visual Studio .NET 2005)
> 
> > Would it be possible to download a free version of MSVC from the
> > Internet?
> 
> Check msdn.microsoft.com - I believe there is a limited VC8 you can
> download. I seem to recall there being some sort of SDK issue when
> building ACE with the free version - check the ace-users archives for
> this.
> 
> > I will be using a subset of ACE for my project; off the top of my
> head:
> > threads, acceptor and connector for two processes on the same
> machine,
> > and maybe NT service support.
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > Where can I read some docs regarding how to partition ACE to only
> > have this subset of functionality? 
> 
> You can check ACE_wrappers/docs/subsets.html - also check ace-users
> archives - this comes up periodically. You can use the static lib
> build to have the linker grab only what you are using - that's
> probably the easiest.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -Steve
> 
> --
> Steve Huston, Riverace Corporation
> Would you like ACE to run great on your platform?
> See http://www.riverace.com/sponsor.htm
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Gonzalo Diethelm
gonzalo.diethelm at diethelm.org
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