[Bf-committers] MSVC Compilation Issues with BPY_python

[Nathan Letwory]

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AFAIK python 2.5 is built with msvc7.1. And the way they 'circumvent'
the problem is by including msvc71.dll in their releases.

/Nathan

Joseph Gilbert wrote:
> The reason for this is because the python25.dll is linking to a
> c-runtime only used by vc8, therefore the app fails to initalize (the
> dynamic load library is calling out so something that it cant find so it
> returns an error).  I have no idea how python builds it's windows
> libraries to get around this problem.
> 
> Scott Johnson wrote:
>> Ah...
>>
>> Nevermind.  If I compile using the "Blender Release" configuration,
>> everything seems to work fine.  Thanks for the help!
>>
>> ~Scott
>>
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>> Scott Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Andrea/Matt:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice.  I know what to look for if I get future
>>> errors like this.  I am able to get Blender to compile now, but
>>> regardless of whether I am compiling with MSVC or MinGW, when I
>>> attempt to test the Blender.exe file in the install or
>>> blender/bin/debug directories, I get the message "The application
>>> failed to initialize properly.  Click Ok to terminate the
>>> application."  Is there some other install step I need to perform
>>> before I can run Blender?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> ~Scott
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