[rdnzl-devel] New release 0.13.1 (Was: Could not load file or assembly error)

[Raymond Wiker]

The new version (0.13.1) fixes the breakage introduced by my code, so
that is good - thanks, and sorry for the mess I caused.

The reason I suggested using Load was that Load generated exceptions
where LoadWithPartialName would return nil (it did also complain, but
not sufficiently loud that I noticed :-)

Sooo, I think that maybe import-assembly should do something like

(or [LoadWithPartialName ...]
    (let (..)
       [Load ...])

That way, if LoadWithPartialName returns nil, Load will have a chance
to report the actual error.

Alternatively, we could revert back to using the original code, and
add a separate version that uses Load in all its gory glory.


On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:14 AM, Edi Weitz <edi at agharta.de> wrote:
> I have now released a new version 0.13.1 which uses Load as a fallback
> (I had the same idea initially) and also exports do-rdnzl-collection.
> Raymond, thanks again for your help, but essentially this "fix" is
> against your original idea to catch errors early if an assembly isn't
> found, right?  Do you have a better idea?  (And good to hear about
> your experiences with RDNZL.  I don't know of many users who deploy
> RDNZL "in earnest" - I'm certainly not one of them - but I'm always
> happy to hear about it.)
>
> Seth, thanks for the report.
>
> Cheers,
> Edi.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Raymond Wiker <rwiker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just checked, and it does not appear that I used gacutil to register
>> rdnzl.dll.
>>
>> I tried running the messagebox example, using rdnzl 0.12.2 and 0.13.
>> 0.12.2 works, 0.13 does not. If I modify import.lisp so that
>> load-assembly uses the old code (with LoadWithPartialName), the
>> example works. Likewise if I change the code to try
>> LoadWithPartialName first, with Load (as used in 0.13) as a fallback.
>> The fallback probably won't help in the loading, but may be useful for
>> error trapping/reporting.
>>
>> Sorry about this - I will remember to test the demo programs as well
>> as my own code the next time...
>>
>> If you end up doing a new version instead of a rollback, it would be
>> good to have do-rdnzl-collection exported - it is implemented and
>> documented, but not exported (exactly as it was in the patch i sent,
>> so this, too, is my fault; again, sorry.)
>>
>> On a more positive note: I'm using rdnzl for feeding documents into a
>> search engine, and rdnzl works just great for me - good performance,
>> and no sign of any memory leaks - and also reasonably easy to get
>> working. Thanks again for allowing me to do (almost) Microsoft-free
>> programming under Windows :-)
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Raymond Wiker <rwiker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Could be due to the patch, but I think you may have to explicitly
>>> register rdnzl.ddl (using gacutil)? I seem to remember that I had to
>>> do that on Win7. I'll take a look on my Win7 installation.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Edi Weitz <edi at agharta.de> wrote:
>>>> Hi Raymond,
>>>>
>>>> I think this is due to your recent patch.  Isn't this supposed to work anymore?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Edi.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Seth Burleigh <seth at tewebs.com> wrote:
>>>>> Im attempting to get this to work on windows 7. I have .net 3.5 installed
>>>>> but when I try this.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (defpackage :rdnzl-test (:use :cl :rdnzl))
>>>>>
>>>>> (in-package :rdnzl-test)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (enable-rdnzl-syntax)
>>>>>
>>>>> (import-types "System.Windows.Forms"
>>>>>
>>>>>               "MessageBox" "MessageBoxButtons" "DialogResult")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the error
>>>>>
>>>>> .NET error (System.IO.FileNotFoundException): Could not load file or
>>>>> assembly 'System.Windows.Forms' or one of its dependencies. The system
>>>>> cannot find the file specified.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Im pretty new to all of this, though im guessing this has something to do
>>>>>
>>>>> with setting environmental vars or something. But since you know the library
>>>>>
>>>>> I figure you’ll probably know the solution.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to getting this to work! Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
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