[sword-devel] Building Python binding to Sword on Windows returns exit code 1

[R Johnson]

I asked a question on this list several months ago about how to build a 
Python binding to Sword on Windows, and am finally getting around to 
trying to do it. One of the BPBible developers said that he "used a 
modified project file based on the Visual Studio project for C# in the 
bindings/swig/vstudio directory to build with." Since this seems to be 
the most official way to do it, I am trying it now.

I'm not very familiar with C++ or Visual Studio projects, so I'm 
struggling somewhat to figure out how to do this. I made a copy of the 
file "libsword_csharpsword.vcproj" in the above-mentioned directory, and 
named it "libsword_pythonsword.vcproj". Then I made several changes to 
it to try to make it build a Python binding instead of a C# one.

When I try to build the project, I get the following output (the error 
message doesn't seem very descriptive to me):

     1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: libsword_pythonsword, 
Configuration: Release Win32 ------
     1>..\..\..\include\swbuf.h(362): error : Syntax error in input(3).
     1>C:\Program 
Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(103,5): 
error MSB3073: The command "swig -python -c++ -nodefaultctor -DNDEBUG 
-DWIN32 -D_LIB -DREGEX_MALLOC -DSWUSINGDLL -module Sword -o Sword.cxx 
-I.. -I../../../include ../sword.i
     1>C:\Program 
Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(103,5): 
error MSB3073: :VCEnd" exited with code 1.
     ========== Rebuild All: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

I have attached the project file that I have been trying to use. If you 
compare it to the C# project using a diff tool, you can see the changes 
I have made. Are there some that I still need to make but am missing? 
Also, if anyone else has made Python bindings to Sword on Windows this 
way, I think it would be very helpful to see the VS project file that 
they used.

Thank you.

-- Timothy

P.S. I am using Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition to try to make Python 
3.3 bindings to Sword 1.7.2 using SWIG 3.0.0 on a Windows 8.1 PC. In 
order to use the project file in VS2010, it must be converted from the 
old format to the VS2010 format.
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