[Andy.Ling@xxxxxxxxxxx]

"W. Borgert" <debacle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 28/10/2005 17:05:13:
> Quoting Andy.Ling@xxxxxxxxxxx:
> > First I get code generated by omniidl that looks like :-
> >
> >             if (u_octet4_loop_RawData > 0 and tree) {
> 
> Yes, this is a "confused Python with C" error in ethereal_gen.py:2103.
> Sorry. Could please one of the people with svn write access fix it?
> 

OK I've found that and fixed it in my copy.

> > The "and" in this causes a syntax error. Adding "#define and &&" to my
> > .c file fixes this, but then I get a link error :-
> >
> > error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _make_printable_string
> 
> Hm, this function was "always there", but I had to declare it
> "extern" in packet-giop.h. The function itself is in packet-giop.c.
> 

I've also found the problem here. One bit of information I forgot
to mention is I'm compiling under windows. This function is new
and needs adding to libethereal.def to make it available in the
libethereal DLL.

So echoing your comment above - can someone with svn write access
fix this also

Andy Ling