Looks like the VM I was using just won't work with these newer plugins...I downloaded the latest VM sources, compiled a new VM and suddenly the plugins work.

I thought I had the latest pre-compiled Win32 VM. Is the currently available pre-compiled VM not built from the latest sources? If not, it should probably be updated...the MPEG plugin will require it.

Incidentally, I was able to call the MPEG plugin, but of course, it promptly crashed Squeak ;) ...oh well, getting closer.

- Stephen

Stephen,

Add a breakpoint to setInterpreter() and see what it returns. Chances are that you're running against a VM that doesn't support the latest interpreterProxy version. If you don't need a later one, try to #define VM_PROXY_MINOR using a prior version (1, 2, or 3).

Hope this helps,

• Andreas

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-----Original Message----- From: spair@advantive.com [mailto:spair@advantive.com] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:09 PM To: Squeak Cc: recipient list not shown Subject: Help compiling plugins

I've run into a snag in getting the MPEG plugin working on Windows. I've got the code compiling without MMX support into a DLL that looks good, however, Squeak doesn't seem to want to load it or call any of it's exported functions.

I tried compiling TIPTestPlugin, and that isn't working either. But, when I re-compile DSAPlugin, no problems!

I'm using VC++6 (with the latest SP installed)...and Squeak 2.8 (and 2.9a)

I noticed that TIPTestPlugin uses the new primitive declaration syntax, while the DSAPlugin does not. Could there be a problem compiling these new style plugins using the MS tools? Can anyone else successfully compile TIPTestPlugin and call it? The only error indication is that when you try and call any of the primitives, they fall through and fail...debugging the process indicates that the DLL is not loaded.

I know it must be something obvious, but I just can't see it. My next step is to try it with GCC.

• Stephen