Right version of Perl, CW, & SDK

[wirefree101]

Hi Guys,

- I am following Leigh Edward's "Developing Series 60 Applications" book.
- The sample code that comes along with it is titled "EMCCSoft_S60_2x_Installer".
- The examples in the book are for CodeWarrior IDE.

My question is:

Which version of Perl, CW, & SDK should I install so as to circumvent any compatibility issues?

Would appreciate a prompt response.

cheers,
wirefree101

P.S.: Do you know of any book which illustrates examples using Carbide.c++?

[Priju Jacob Paul]

Hi Guys,

My question is:

Which version of Perl, CW, & SDK should I install so as to circumvent any compatibility issues?

Hi,

for runing the examples that comes along with emcc you can download FP2 sdk,
you would find it here:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n...16-3.0-mr.html

for codewarior you can use CW version 3.1
follow this link:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n...rsion_3_1.html

and for perl:- you can use Perl 5.8.7 or later versions.
check out www.perl.com

Best Regardz
Priju

[wirefree101]

Appreciate the reply, Priju.

With reference to your response, I request some specifics:

1) When you say FP2 SDK, do you mean FP2 WINS or FP2 CW? I suppose its obvious but I just want to confirm.
2) Whats the difference between ActivePerl & Perl? I just downloaded "ActivePerl-5.8.8.819-MSWin32-x86-267479". Can I substitute this for Perl 5.8.7?

Thx in advance.

[vin2ktalks]

1) When you say FP2 SDK, do you mean FP2 WINS or FP2 CW? I suppose its obvious but I just want to confirm.

The choice between WINS and WINCW depends on the IDE which you supposed to choose for the development. From the above posts I guess you are supposed to use CodeWarrior, in that case WINCW would be a better choice for you.

2) Whats the difference between ActivePerl & Perl? I just downloaded "ActivePerl-5.8.8.819-MSWin32-x86-267479". Can I substitute this for Perl 5.8.7?

ActivePerl is a free Perl open source binary language from ActiveState. I think the version of Perl you've downloaded would sufficient.

[wirefree101]

Thanks for the quick response.

I have obtained the following:

- CodeWarrior_Personal_Edition_31
- stable.tar (Perl 5.8.8)
- s60_2nd_fp2_sdk
- EMCCSoft_S60_2x_Installer

As I understand, these must be installed in a particular order. What should be the order of installation?




P.S.: Since my target device is Nokia6600, the appropriate SDK would be 2nd Ed. FP0 (so to speak, or Symbian 7.0s). Should this indeed be the case, how do the versions of CW & Perl I use get affected?

[Priju Jacob Paul]

- CodeWarrior_Personal_Edition_31
- stable.tar (Perl 5.8.8)
- s60_2nd_fp2_sdk
- EMCCSoft_S60_2x_Installer

As I understand, these must be installed in a particular order. What should be the order of installation?

you need to install in this order:-
1) Perl
2) Java
3) CW
4) sdk
5) EMCCSoft installer..

Priju

[wirefree101]

Hi Priju,

Could you please ellborate a lil' on Java (point #2) as you didn't mention it earlier.


Thx,
wirefree101

[Priju Jacob Paul]

you should install the Java as well. it has been mentioned in the release notes. and also it is used by the tools, and also by the emulator.

Priju

[wirefree101]

What I meant to ask was - version, etc.

Would J2SE v 1.4.2_12 JRE be sufficient for my purposes?


Thx,
wirefree101

[vin2ktalks]

That version of Java Runtime will do.

========================================================================
RELEASE NOTE FOR SERIES 60 2ND EDITION SDK FOR SYMBIAN OS, 18.11.2004
SUPPORTING FEATURE PACK 2
SUPPORTING METROWERKS CODEWARRIOR
========================================================================
...
...
Additional Requirements:
- Installation/uninstallation of the SDK requires local admin rights.
- Active Perl 5.6.1 build 531 for SDK build tools. Newer or older
versions of Perl may not be fully compatible with Symbian toolchain.
Perl must be installed before using the SDK to build applications.
- Use of the emulator menubar, Application Wizard and Symbian UI tools:
Sisar, AIFBuilder and CS Help Compiler require a Java runtime
to be installed.
Java Runtime version 1.4.1_02 or later is required.
- EnvironmentSwitch tool requires Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)
to work. Preferred version is 4.0 or later.
- When developing Bluetooth applications, a fast (recommended >2GHz, 512
MB of memory) desktop machine is required. The supported Bluetooth card
protocols are BCSP and H4.
...
...

[wirefree101]

Hi there,

While installing ActivePerl-5.8.8.819-MSWin32-x86-267479, the 3rd step of the Install batch file reads:

"If you have a development environment (e.g. Visual Studio) that you wish to use with Perl, you should ensure that your environment (e.g. %LIB% %INCLUDE% is set before installing, for example, by running vcvars32.bat first."

However, the folder does not contain the aforementioned file vcvars32.bat.

Would appreciate advise.

Thx in advance,
wirefree101

[vin2ktalks]

I hope you can ignore that step as you are supposed to use CodeWarrior.

[wirefree101]

Well, I went ahead with your suggestion.

When I try to import HelloWorld.mmp, I get:

SymbianMmpImporter
Failed to run makmake.
System error: The system cannot find the file specified.

HELP

[wirefree101]

I downloaded the MSI package for A/Perl, and that solved the A/Perl issue.

However, now when I try to import a .mmp file, I get the following error:

"The makmake tool failed to run. Project creation aborted."

I have searched for that error on the forum. Most threads either die out without a solution or the initiator didn't post the solution (if at all she got it).

Would appreciate some advise here.

cheers,
wirefree101

P.S.: Could the error be related to the fact that the releaseNotes state that the version of SDK works with CW2.8? If yes, where can I download it?

[Priju Jacob Paul]

I downloaded the MSI package for A/Perl, and that solved the A/Perl issue.


"The makmake tool failed to run. Project creation aborted."

I have searched for that error on the forum. Most threads either die out without a solution or the initiator didn't post the solution (if at all she got it).

Would appreciate some advise here.

cheers,
wirefree101

P.S.: Could the error be related to the fact that the releaseNotes state that the version of SDK works with CW2.8? If yes, where can I download it?

Hi,
this error message "The makmake tool failed to run. Project creation aborted." deals with installation of perl.i just came across this thread
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=40084 and the poster seems to have got the result.by the way, which version of perl have you installed?

i would rather say, the error is related to PERL and not related to CW2.8 as you have installed CW 3.1

Priju