Possibly error message when starting program with missing included DLL

[wriedmann]

Hi Robert,
thank you very much!
XIDE seems to not have the option "Prefix classes with Default Namespace" or it is called differently.
My Startup class is called

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class XStartupCode

[STAThreadAttribute];
static method Start as void
	Start()
	return
end class

The executable is "DictEdit.exe", and therefore I would assume the fully specified entry point class name is
"DictEdit.Exe.XStartupCode".
But the compiler says

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error XS1555: Could not find 'DictEdit.Exe.StartupCode' specified for Start function

But if I remove all namespace indications from the commandline letting

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-main:XStartupCode

the compiler says

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error XS1558: 'XStartupCode' does not have a suitable static 'Start' function	6,1	Start.prg	XStartupCode:XStartupCode

Wolfgang

[robert]

Wolfgang,

The executable is "DictEdit.exe", and therefore I would assume the fully specified entry point class name is
"DictEdit.Exe.XStartupCode".

That is an incorrect assumption. The only namespace that is derived from the assembly name is the namespace from the Functions class.
Your own classes are in a namespace that you define in code with a begin namespace ... end namespace pair:

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begin namespace DictEdit
class XStartupCode
.
.
.
end class
end namespace

Without this the classes are in the global namespace (which actually means 'no namespace').

If you do not specify your own namespace, then you can use the compiler option that I mentioned.
However, you are right: XIDE does not have that option.
You have to add the compiler option /ns:MyNameSpace to the additional switches textbox, to achieve this.

Btw. for a future version of X# we are planning to add the Filescoped Namespace Declaration to the language (C# 12 has that too)
That would change the code above to

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namespace DictEdit
class XStartupCode
.
.
.
end class

All classes in the file following the namespace declaration would be placed in the namespace. So you do not need a begin namespace .. end namespace pair.


Robert

[wriedmann]

Hi Robert,
I think I have found the solution:
There is no need to specify the namespace, when the entry point class is indicated without one:

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-main:XStartupCode

The last problem is that the Start function has to be defined as follows:

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[STAThreadAttribute];
static method Start( Args as string[] ) as void

I will try to document that somewhere in my wiki, otherwise the messages may go lost over time.
Thank you very much for all your help!
Wolfgang

[Chris]

Guys,

Sorry for not responding earlier, finally here we have rain and the temp dropped, so I could sleep a bit more today

In XIDE, the option in the app properties named "Global Namespace" maps directly to the /ns compiler option, so no need to specify it directly in the extra options. There's no extra "Prefix classes with global namespace" option, if you enter something in the Global Namespace option, then it is always passed to the compiler.

Wolfgang, no, it's not necessary to have this particular definition for Start for it to work. A simple

STATIC METHOD Start() AS VOID

works as well.

I suspect it didn't work for you earlier, because of the default namespace confusion. If it still doesn't work, can you please post the .xiaef to have a look?

[wriedmann]

Hi Chris,
I have added that special class and entry point only to be able to track missing references.
The added startup class is as follows:

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class XStartupCode

[STAThreadAttribute];
static method Start( Args as string[] ) as void
	local oSB as System.Text.StringBuilder

	try

	Start()

	catch oEx as Exception

	AllocConsole()
	oSB := System.Text.StringBuilder{}
	Output( oSB, "An unhandled exception has occurred" )
	Output( oSB, "===================================" )
	do while oEx != null
		Output( oSB, "Exception: " + oEx:Message )
		Output( oSB, "Callstack:")
		Output( oSB, oEx:StackTrace )
		Output( oSB, "" )
		oEx := oEx:InnerException
	enddo
	Output( oSB, "===================================" )
	Output( oSB, "Press return to close the application" )
	XStartupCode.Wait()
	System.IO.File.AppendAllText( System.IO.Path.Combine( AppDomain.CurrentDomain:BaseDirectory, "ApplicationError.log" ), oSB:ToString() )

	end try

	return

static method Output( oSB as System.Text.StringBuilder, cText as string ) as void

	oSB:AppendLine( cText )
	Console.WriteLine( cText )

	return

static method Wait() as void

	Console.ReadLine()

	return

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError := true)];
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)];
static extern method AllocConsole() as logic

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet := CharSet.Ansi)];
static method MessageBox(hwnd as IntPtr, lpText as string, lpCaption as string, uType as dword) as int pascal

end class

If the transporter or even better the compiler can do that alone, it would be even better.
Wolfgang

[Chris]

Hi Wolfgang,

OK, I understand, I just pointed out that you do not need to use this special definition for it to work. Also this is supported as an app entry method:

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CLASS XStartupCode
STATIC METHOD Start() AS VOID

[wriedmann]

Hi Chris,
unfortunately the parameters were needed to make it work with the -main compiler option.
Wolfgang

[Chris]

Hi Wolfgang,

They don't, I have it working here without the parameters. Can you please post the .xiaef that gives you the error? Maybe I'm not doing something else that you have in your app.

[wriedmann]

Hi Chris,
sorry, it took me a while to understand why your code works and why mine does not worked.
If you have an application in Core dialect, it works without parameters. But if your application is in VO dialect, it requires the parameters.
Please look at this sample (migrated VO console application):

StartupExceptionConsole.zip

(2.24 KiB) Downloaded 42 times

whereas this sample works without parameters (Windows Forms application):

StartupExceptionTester.zip

(2.64 KiB) Downloaded 37 times

The purpose of this construct is to display errors when a runtime DLL is missing.

Wolfgang

[wriedmann]

Hi Robert,
I have copied your message about the namespace to my wiki together with the source reference:
https://docs.xsharp.it/doku.php?id=name ... plications
If you think there should be added something please let me know.
Wolfgang