ActiveX, FLash, or Some sort of web browser plug in

[MrScience101]

Wow this code is amazing. Truly you are a superior programmer. Thank you for all the hard work you do markslane.

I was wondering if anyone could teach me how to make gameMakerWindows.bin ?

I think I have successfully compiled the code using both $(Professional) and $(Standalone).

The professional version results in a gameMaker.exe that works and is the standard game editor that we all know and love.

The standalone produces a gameMaker.exe that just opens up to a blank screen and then closes.

Any help on learning how to create a windows.bin file would be appreciated, especially since the windows.bin file I currently have does not create exe files correctly.

Thanks!

[makslane]

Look the function GameControl::CreateEngines()

[MrScience101]

Here it is:
void GameControl::CreateEngines()
{
#ifdef _DEBUG

ged_mkdir("bin");
Compression comp;

comp.DoCompression("gameEditorWindows.exe", "bin\\windows.bin");
comp.DoCompression("gameEditorPocket.exe", "bin\\pocketpc.bin");
comp.DoCompression("gameEditorLinux", "bin\\linux.bin");
comp.DoCompression("gameEditorPocket.exe.gpe", "bin\\gp2x.bin");

#endif
}

My question is how do you create the gameEditorWindows.exe file? I can't seem to find it anywhere in the directories.

If I understand it right all Create Engine does is take the gameEditorWindows.exe file and compresses it into windows.bin.

Thanks

[makslane]

Read "To Compile the engines on Windows" in the the compilation instrucions:
http://code.game-editor.com/code/browse ... lation.txt

[MrScience101]

Exactly. I have compiled the gameEngine project in both modes: $(Professional) and also $(Standalone_Pro)

Is the gameeditor.exe file created in standalone_pro, the same as gameEditorWindows.exe?

Do I need to rename gameEditor.exe to gameEditorWindows.exe so that I can then use CreateEngines()?

I am trying to create gameEditorWindows.exe and then get it to go into windows.bin

Thank you as always.


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56 To Compile the engines on Windows:
57
58 In the Visual Studio 2008, choose the version you want to compile:
59
60 - View->Property Manager
61 - In gameEditor project , _BaseConfiguration of any configuration, in the User Macros put the configuration you want in the VersionType.
62 The configurations are: Professional and Standalone_Pro
63 For compile the engines, use: VersionType = $(Standalone_Pro)
64
65 - To compile the Pocket PC engine, select the 'Pocket PC 2003 (ARMV4)' configuration (you need to to get the PocketHAL library at http://www.droneship.com)
66
67 - To make a Pocket PC compilation works in the Pocket PC 2002, uses: /subsystem:windowsce,3.00 /MACHINE:ARM
68 In the MSVC 2008, this flag is not working so, the genarated executable have the windowsce 5.00 subsystem.
69 To solve this issue, you need a Portable Executable editor (PE Editor) to change the follow configuration in the Optional Header to:
70
71 - OS Major Version: 0004
72 - SubSys Major Version: 0003
73
74 - To compile for the GP2X select the 'Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK (ARMV4I)' configuration (you need to install the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Pocket PC and have the devkitpro installed (http://www.devkitpro.org/))
75
76 - Build the gameEditor project (not the wxGameEditor project)
77
78 - Use the GameControl::CreateEngines() function to create the bin files from the compiled executables:
79 transforma os arquivos .exe em .bin compactados:
80
81 gameEditorWindows.exe -> bin\\windows.bin
82 gameEditorPocket.exe -> bin\\pocketpc.bin
83 gameEditorLinux -> bin\\linux.bin
84 gameEditorPocket.exe.gpe -> bin\\gp2x.bin
85
86
87
88 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[makslane]

Yes, Just rename!

[MrScience101]

Brilliant! It works like a charm. Now that I finally have a working copy, I plan to try and learn how to make an ActiveX plugin for internet explorer. I personally use chrome, but I don't think chrome supports activeX. If I am successful, I will be sure to send you the code Markslane.

I also plan on making a video tutorial that shows how to compile the code successfully using Visual Studio.net 2008.

Thank you for all your help Markslane.

Now maybe I can stop being a leech, and start being a contributor.

[makslane]

I'm waiting the first contribution to the code, yet

[makslane]

BTW, make a ActiveX port is perfectly possible, and will be welcome

[MrScience101]

Well then, maybe I will be the first to contribute Thanks for all your hard work.

[makslane]

Great!
Have you read this http://code.game-editor.com/ticket/9 ?

[makslane]

Well then, maybe I will be the first to contribute

You have no idea how much this words make me happy

[jimmynewguy]

I'm waiting the first contribution to the code, yet

ugh, i wish i could help (and i know i've said that a few times) but it took me forever to learn GE (and i'm still barely able to do stuff) it would probably take me 15+ years to understand how it was made, let alone help make it anyway, who runs the wiki? Or can anyone create topics? I might start contributing the onlyway i can

[makslane]

Every contribution in the forum, wiki, chat, email or code is welcome

[MrScience101]

Yes I have read that ticket. I am currently working on how to get an activex control to work with game editor files. It will probably take me some time though. I should probably attach my name to that ticket.