Beginner's questions

SDL Development
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when trying to compile a simple example program in visual c 6.0, i get
an error message when starting my program, something like “the file
SDL.DLL is linked with the missing Export-USER32.DLL:TrackMouseEvent”.
Does anyone know how to get rid of this?
Also, as a SDL newbie, has anyone compared OpenPTC to SDL? Which one is
faster for 2D blitting?

regards,
Eike Umlauf

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Dipl.Ing Egmont UMLAUF wrote …

when trying to compile a simple example program in visual c 6.0, i get
an error message when starting my program, something like “the file
SDL.DLL is linked with the missing Export-USER32.DLL:TrackMouseEvent”.
Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

Second report of this. Looks like the Win32 binaries available for download
are only compatible with WinNT/Win98. They need to be compiled with
"_WIN32_WINNT=0x0300" to generate an SDL.dll that will work with Win95.

  • Randi

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3

I thought so but how do I compile my own libs/dlls for SDL? I wanted to
do this before but there?s no info about how to do that on the SDL
website.

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Dipl.Ing Egmont UMLAUF wrote …

I thought so but how do I compile my own libs/dlls for SDL?
I wanted to do this before but there?s no info about how to
do that on the SDL website.

Download the SDL source (SDL-1.0.2.zip) and open the “VisualC.html” file. It
will lead you through the steps required. Also, Sam posted a new SDL.dll in
the CVS directory that should work on Win95 (see "TrackMouseEvent() fix"
thread.)

  • Randi

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