Can't get PySFML 1.6 to run on Windows

[elisee]

I can't seem to get PySFML 1.6 to run under Windows with Python 2.6, I get DLL load errors even though I put the corresponding DLLs like I used to for PySFML 1.5.

Is the PySFML 1.6 package built to be used with MinGW or VS DLLs? Has anybody got it to work without recompiling the whole thing?

[Svenstaro]

I compiled them using MinGW as I couldn't get it to work at all using MSVC. I'm currently unsure whether I used Dwarf2 or regular unwinding. If SFML was compiled differently, just recompile the whole thing using the correct compiler versions and run the setup.py script to remake your DLLs.

Especially since TDM's MinGW 4.5 package is now out this would be interesting to see.

Let me hear your results.

[elisee]

Ok I'll try to have a look at it sometime this week. Thanks.

[elisee]

I tried to build the Release static libs using the SFML-1.6 full SDK for VS2008, then copying the libs over to the python/ folder and running "python setup.py build" but I get a lot of link errors:

sfml-window.lib(VideoModeSupport.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__EnumDisplaySettingsA@12 referenced in function "public: static class sf::VideoMode __cdecl sf::priv::VideoModeSupport::GetDesktopVideoMode(void)" (?GetDesktopVideoMode@VideoModeSupport@priv@sf@@SA?AVVideoMode@3@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__TranslateMessage@4 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvents(void)" (?ProcessEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DispatchMessageA@4 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvents(void)" (?ProcessEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__PeekMessageA@20 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvents(void)" (?ProcessEvents@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SwapBuffers@4 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::Display(void)" (?Display@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetCursor@4 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ShowMouseCursor(bool)" (?ShowMouseCursor@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEX_N@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__LoadCursorA@8 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ShowMouseCursor(bool)" (?ShowMouseCursor@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEX_N@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetCursorPos@8 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetCursorPosition(unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?SetCursorPosition@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXII@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ClientToScreen@8 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetCursorPosition(unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?SetCursorPosition@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXII@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetWindowPos@28 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetPosition(int,int)" (?SetPosition@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXHH@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__AdjustWindowRect@12 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetSize(unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?SetSize@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXII@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetWindowLongA@8 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetSize(unsigned int,unsigned int)" (?SetSize@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXII@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ShowWindow@8 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscallsf::priv::WindowImplWin32::Show(bool)" (?Show@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEX_N@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ReleaseDC@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::Cleanup(void)" (?Cleanup@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ChangeDisplaySettingsA@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::Cleanup(void)" (?Cleanup@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__MapVirtualKeyA@8 referenced in function "private: static enum sf::Key::Code __cdecl sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::VirtualKeyCodeToSF(unsigned int,long)"(?VirtualKeyCodeToSF@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CA?AW4Code@Key@3@IJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetWindowLongA@12 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__UnregisterClassA@8 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscallsf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__UnregisterClassW@8 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscallsf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyWindow@4 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DestroyIcon@4 referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::~WindowImplWin32(void)" (??1WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@UAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__TrackMouseEvent@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?ProcessEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetAsyncKeyState@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?ProcessEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetClientRect@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::ProcessEvent(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?ProcessEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXIIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DefWindowProcA@16 referenced in function "private: static long __stdcall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::GlobalOnEvent(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?GlobalOnEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DefWindowProcW@16 referenced in function "private: static long __stdcall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::GlobalOnEvent(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?GlobalOnEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CallWindowProcA@20 referenced in function "private: static long __stdcall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::GlobalOnEvent(struct HWND__ *,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?GlobalOnEvent@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@CGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterClassA@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::RegisterWindowClass(void)" (?RegisterWindowClass@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__RegisterClassW@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::RegisterWindowClass(void)" (?RegisterWindowClass@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXXZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SetPixelFormat@12 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::CreateContext(class sf::VideoMode const &,struct sf::WindowSettings &)" (?CreateContext@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXABVVideoMode@3@AAUWindowSettings@3@@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__ChoosePixelFormat@8 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::CreateContext(class sf::VideoMode const &,struct sf::WindowSettings &)" (?CreateContext@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXABVVideoMode@3@AAUWindowSettings@3@@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__DescribePixelFormat@16 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::CreateContext(class sf::VideoMode const &,struct sf::WindowSettings &)" (?CreateContext@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXABVVideoMode@3@AAUWindowSettings@3@@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDC@4 referenced in function "private: void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::CreateContext(class sf::VideoMode const &,struct sf::WindowSettings &)" (?CreateContext@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@AAEXABVVideoMode@3@AAUWindowSettings@3@@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateWindowExA@48 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(void)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@XZ)sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateWindowExW@48 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(void)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@XZ)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__GetDeviceCaps@8 referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &,unsigned long,struct sf::WindowSettings &)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@KAAUWindowSettings@2@@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__SendMessageA@16 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetIcon(unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned char const *)" (?SetIcon@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXIIPBE@Z)
sfml-window.lib(WindowImplWin32.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__CreateIcon@28 referenced in function "private: virtual void __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::SetIcon(unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned char const *)" (?SetIcon@WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@EAEXIIPBE@Z)
build\lib.win32-2.6\PySFML\sf.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 38 unresolved externals

error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.
exe"' failed with exit status 1120

By the way, I had to rename the libs from sfml-*.lib to sfml-*.lib, is that normal?

Why am I getting all those link errors?

[Svenstaro]

Can you try to rebuild SFML 1.6 AND PySFML 1.6 using the exact same compiler version?

Also, are you sure there wasn't a type in what you said you had to rename? sfml-*.lib to sfml-*.lib?

If nothing works, just use MinGW 4.5 and rebuild both libs against each other.

[elisee]

Woops, of course I made a typo, I meant sfml-*-s.lib to sfml-*.lib.

I think I used the same compiler for SFML and PySFML so I'll try and go with MinGW 4.5.

[Svenstaro]

I made a special package for Windiots (sorry ). Get two for the price of one:

http://omploader.org/vNHN0cg/SFML-1.6-python2.6-win32.zip
http://omploader.org/vNHN0cw/SFML-1.6-python3.1-win32.zip

It now has all the dlls in place for you so you basically have no chance to mess it up. You cannot even get this wrong if you tried. Just drop it onto your Python2.6/3.1 installation and you're good to follow the tutorial.

That is all.