Subj : Build instructions for Windows
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jul 23 2021 22:30:52

  Re: Build instructions for Windows
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri Jul 23 2021 09:38 pm

 >   Re: Build instructions for Windows
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Fri Jul 23 2021 03:24 pm
 >
 >  DM> That looks like textgen failed (crashed?) when trying to generate the
 >  DM> files (text.h, text.js).
 >
 > I've found that when tryign to build textgen, text.h is incomplete so
 > textgen fails to build.  I tried copying the full text.h from the git
 > repository and pasting it into my text.h and textgen was able to build.  I
 > also found that the SBBSEXEC environment variable has to be set (pointing to
 > the sbbs\exec directory).  Now when I try to build Synchronet in Visual
 > Studio, it's complaining about unidentified identifiers in sbbs:
 >
 > file.cpp: FChecksum, FTags, FAuthor, FGroup, FUploadedTo, TagFilePrompt,
 > EditExtDescriptionQ

I think you mean FiChecksum, etc.

 > netmail.cpp: FidoNetMailSent, QWKNetMailSent, InternetMailSent
 >
 > upload.cpp: TagFileQ, TagFilePrompt
 >
 > useredit.cpp: HowManyColumns, FileInfoEditPrompt

textgen *creates* the text.h file (from your text.dat file). Looks like you're trying to use an *older* text.h file. Those enums are in the current text.h in Git. Perhaps your text.dat file is just old?
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