[webkit-gtk] Win32 program for webkit-gtk cannot start on Windows XP

[SCU Rock]

Thanks Phil for your reply.

I found out that after g_thread_init(NULL) is called, it works on XP.

Appreciate if you can let me know the cross-compilation configurations that
you used on opensuse 11.2.

Best Regards,
Eugene

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 17:05 -0700, SCU Rock wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >     Using cross-compiled webkit win32 library on
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28unstable%
> > 29/Win32%20Build%20Dependencies/webkit-1.1.90-win32.zip/download, I
> > made a simple testing program on Windows :
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > #include <gtk/gtk.h>
> > #include <webkit/webkit.h>
> >
> > static void destroy_cb(GtkWidget* widget, gpointer data) {
> >   gtk_main_quit();
> > }
> >
> > int main(int argc, char** argv) {
> >
> >     GtkWidget* window;
> >     gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
> >
> >     // Create a Window, set colormap to RGBA
> >     window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
> >     GdkScreen *screen = gtk_widget_get_screen(window);
> >     GdkColormap *rgba = gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap (screen);
> >
> >     if (rgba && gdk_screen_is_composited (screen)) {
> >         gtk_widget_set_default_colormap(rgba);
> >         gtk_widget_set_colormap(GTK_WIDGET(window), rgba);
> >     }
> >
> >     gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW(window), 800, 600);
> >     g_signal_connect(window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(destroy_cb), NULL);
> >
> >     // Optional: for dashboard style borderless windows
> >     gtk_window_set_decorated(GTK_WINDOW(window), FALSE);
> >     printf ("I am here\n");
> >     // Create a WebView, set it transparent, add it to the window
> >     WebKitWebView* web_view = WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW(webkit_web_view_new());
> >     printf ("I am here 2\n");
> >     //  webkit_web_view_set_transparent(web_view, TRUE);
> >     gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER(window), GTK_WIDGET(web_view));
> >
> >     // Load a default page
> >     webkit_web_view_open(web_view, "http://www.google.com");
> >
> >     // Show it and continue running until the window closes
> >     gtk_widget_grab_focus(GTK_WIDGET(web_view));
> >     gtk_widget_show_all(window);
> >     gtk_main();
> >     return 0;
> > }
> >
> > It works well on Vista. The program has a bunch of DLL dependencies
> > and I have put them on the same directory of the program. But on
> > Window XP, it hangs at WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW(webkit_web_view_new()). There
> > is no message, no CPU hike, just silent stuck. Does anyone know why
> > the program cannot run on XP?
> >
> > I know the library is not stable (being downloaded from "gnucash
> > unstable"). But working on XP is very basic and should work, right?
>
> That library is from the 1.1.90 src rpm from opensuse.  I applied most
> of the 1.1.90.windows.patch file which came with the rpm, and also
> applied Josip's mime-types patch to allow local files to be loaded.  I
> then cross-compiled it on opensuse 11.2.  I can find the configuration
> options if you want.
>
> It is in the "gnucash (unstable)" folder on sourceforge because it is
> being used with gnucash 2.3.X which is an unstable version (2.4.0 will
> be the stable version resulting from testing 2.3.X).
>
> If you look at the GtkLauncher.cpp source file (it would be in the
> 1.1.90 tarball on webkitgtk.org), that might give you some clues.
> GtkLauncher is also in the zip file you downloaded from sourceforge, and
> was also cross-built on opensuse 11.2.  It runs just fine on XP.
>
> At some point, I'll rename the sourceforge folder to be something like
> "win32 dependencies" at the main level, not under "gnucash (unstable)".
> Of course, even better would be for webkitgtk to build properly without
> needing all the patches and for there to be an automated mingw32 build.
>
> Phil
>
>
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