Fixes #7212, now with better code (#7302)

When platform is Windows and app type is GUI, an error about missing DLL file is displayed as message box in addition to the console output, which is usually not visible.
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Simon Krauter
2018-03-06 11:58:43 +01:00
committed by Andreas Rumpf
parent a9974a33f1
commit 077ff83b6e

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@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ proc nimLoadLibraryError(path: string) =
stderr.rawWrite("\n")
when not defined(nimDebugDlOpen) and not defined(windows):
stderr.rawWrite("compile with -d:nimDebugDlOpen for more information\n")
when defined(windows) and defined(guiapp):
# Because console output is not shown in GUI apps, display error as message box:
const prefix = "could not load: "
var msg: array[1000, char]
copyMem(msg[0].addr, prefix.cstring, prefix.len)
copyMem(msg[prefix.len].addr, path.cstring, min(path.len + 1, 1000 - prefix.len))
discard MessageBoxA(0, msg[0].addr, nil, 0)
quit(1)
proc procAddrError(name: cstring) {.noinline.} =