<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'>Thanks for the reply.   Is there a preferred means for compiling embedded programs?  I imagine I should use Microsovt VC++ CL.exe... Thank you, Matthew P. <HR id=stopSpelling> > From: mflatt@cs.utah.edu > To: czhu@cs.utah.edu > CC: mvfpadilla@hotmail.com; plt-scheme@list.cs.brown.edu > Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] mzc embedding question > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:36:29 -0700 > > At Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:32:54 -0700, Chongkai Zhu wrote: > > Matthew Padilla wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to compile a C++ program that embeds MzScheme, similar to > > > the example given in the online documentation (see example at end of > > > email). I would like to be able to pass it > > > strings representing arbitrary Scheme programs, and have it evaluate them. > > > > > > I am running Microsoft's Visual C++ Express, on a Vista machine. > > > > > > Am I mistaken, or can I use mzc for this purpose? It seems as though > > > mzc makes life easier by resolving linkage issues, etc. (e.g. to > > > MzScheme libraries) but I'm not sure if this is only for > > > extension writing. I've managed to produce .obj files via mzc... but > > > not an .exe. > > > > Sure you can. > > > > mzc --cc yourfile.c > > mzc --ld yourfile.exe yourfile.obj > > > > should work. > > Actually, I don't think this works. `mzc --ld' is set up for linking > shared objects that are loaded as extensions. > > I don't think `mzc' is going to be much help for creating embedding > executables. It tries to use all the right compiler/linker flags for > creating extensions, which are usually not the right flags for creating > embeddings. > > Matthew > </body> </html>