Re^3: win32::printer 5.16 will not install

[Anonymous Monk]

Taken from my command line: Please help, I must be doing something wrong as I am having a hard time installing it using nmake as well.

For some reason you don't appear to be reading the "error" messages

[Anonymous Monk]

cpanp -z Win32::Printer

patch -p1 -i./Win32-Printer-0.9.0-formingw.diff

Win32-Printer-0.9.0-formingw.diff

diff -ruN Win32-Printer-0.9.0-7P99xa/Printer.xs Win32-Printer-0.9.0-ne
+w/Printer.xs
--- Win32-Printer-0.9.0-7P99xa/Printer.xs    2008-04-28 11:40:34.00000
+0000 -0700
+++ Win32-Printer-0.9.0-new/Printer.xs    2012-12-09 21:22:29.32812500
+0 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #include <winspool.h>
 #include <commdlg.h>
 
+
+#define _int16 __int16
+
+
+
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------
+---------//
 
 LPWSTR ToWide(
@@ -1334,7 +1340,7 @@
       ebc.flags = flags;
       ebc.baw = baw;
       ebc.bah = bah;
-      __try {
+//~       __try {
          if (emf) {
            brush = GetCurrentObject(hdc, OBJ_BRUSH);
            font = GetCurrentObject(hdc, OBJ_FONT);
@@ -1352,10 +1358,10 @@
          if (emf) {
            emf = CloseEnhMetaFile(hdc);
          }
-      }
-      __except (exfilt()) {
-         RETVAL = 64;
-      }
+//~       }
+//~       __except (exfilt()) {
+//~          RETVAL = 64;
+//~       }
 #else
       croak("EBbl is not supported in this build!\n");
 #endif
@@ -1398,7 +1404,7 @@
     RETVAL = NULL;
 #ifdef FREE
     SetCurrentDirectory(dir);
-    __try {
+//~     __try {
       if (Type == FIF_UNKNOWN) {
         Type = FreeImage_GetFIFFromFilename(BmpFile);
         if (Type == FIF_UNKNOWN) {
@@ -1429,10 +1435,10 @@
       } else {
         Image = 0;
       }
-    }
-    __except (exfilt()) {
-      Image = 0;
-    }
+//~     }
+//~     __except (exfilt()) {
+//~       Image = 0;
+//~     }
 #else
     croak("FreeImage is not supported in this build!\n");
 #endif
@@ -1827,7 +1833,7 @@
   CODE:
     RETVAL = NULL;
 #ifdef GHOST
-    __try {
+//~     __try {
       if (gsapi_new_instance(&minst, NULL) == 0) {
         sprintf(pdfpath, "-sOutputFile=%s", pdf);
         if (gsapi_init_with_args(minst, gsargc, (LPSTR *)gsargv) == 0
+) {
@@ -1836,8 +1842,8 @@
         }
         gsapi_delete_instance(minst);
       }
-    }
-    __except (exfilt()) { }
+//~     }
+//~     __except (exfilt()) { }
 #else
     croak("Ghostscript is not supported in this build!\n");
 #endif

[blenkhn]

Hi thanks for your help. The problem that I have is that this is above my head. I wrote the programs I use a few years back when it was easy to install and I don't really want to go backwards and install all of this over again.

I created a new file called what you suggested and put in the contents like you said and then ran this and this is what I got.

C:\>cpanp -z Win32::Printer patch -p1 -i./Win32-Printer-0.9.0-formingw.diff
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
ERROR 'patch' does not contain an author part

ERROR Cannot find 'patch' in the module tree

No such module: patch
Key 'p1' is not a valid key for CPANPLUS::Internals::Fetch::_fetch provided by C PANPLUS::Module::fetch at C:/Perl/lib/CPANPLUS/Module.pm line 580.
Microsoft Windows Version 5.2.3790
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\.cpanplus\5.16.1\build\ Win32-Printer-0.9.0>

Could you please give me more defined steps so that I can get this accomplished. I would be in your debt.

[Anonymous Monk]

LOL!

patch is a program you run after you run the cpanp command