Re: [ECOS] Really dumb newbie question

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

Hi Tim,

>I've just installed eCos v1.3.1 on my Windoze NT 4.0 machine.  When I 
>invoke the  Configuration Tool I get the following error:
>"The ordinal 6880 could not be located in the dynamic link library MFC42.DLL"

I had this problem when I used a buggy installer - I think it was either 
OrCAD 9.1 or Eudora 4.3 - that overwrote my MFC42.DLL with an old one. 
Checking my hard drive I find several versions:

OrCAD - 940,304 bytes, 06/30/98 07:33a
WINDOWS\SYSTEM - 995,383 bytes 04/26/99 11:00p
Sony HotBurn - 954,640 bytes 11/04/97 01:12a
HP Network Printer - 995,383 bytes 08/19/99 06:26p

I can email you the WINDOWS\SYSTEM copy if you want.

>BTW, do very many of you use the Windoze host?  Most are on a Linux host, I'm
>guessing ...

It is much, much, much more convenient to me to use Windows as my host, so 
I'll only move to Linux if it becomes absolutely necessary. Having said 
that, I will admit that if you can either do all your non-eCos work in it, 
or dedicate a PC to it, Linux is definitely the platform of choice. For me 
it boils down to which set of hoops I'd rather jump through, and the 
Windows-colored hoops blaze with a slightly cooler flame. I work much 
better when I can just close my laptop and take everything home with me.

There are some gotchas in Windows and in particular you might find, as I 
have, that the GUI configuration tool is REALLY unstable on Windows, but 
since I spend much more than 99% of my time in a text  editor and gdb, that 
isn't such a big issue. Just remember to make backup copies of your .ecc 
files before attempting any editing, since the config tool crashes very 
often (for me at least) when saving edits to an existing file.

>Sorry for the newbie-ness of my questions, and THANKS in advance!

My questions in this list are of the same caliber, so don't be ashamed ;)

=== Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Embedded Engineer)
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