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MSYS2 - mingw64 Installing a package
i'm quite new to programming.
I'm trying to install a compiler for my Vscode. I tried to use GNAT but i couldn't figure out how to install it, so I used mingw64.
I followed the documentation online, ...
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Ada static compilation
I have compiled a simple Ada application which uses the Win32Ada library.
I'm compiling the application on Windows using:
gnatmake C:\GNAT\2020\bin\src\main.adb -I"C:\GNAT\2020\lib\win32ada" ...
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Why does Ada DLL get stuck at adainit when called from Rust over FFI interface?
Happy case
Using Mingw I have successfully compiled a minimal hello world windows DLL in Ada and used it over the FFI interface:
package MY_FFI is
procedure Hello_World
with
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pragma export function is not external in Ada executable
I need a Visual Studio C++ DLL be able to call a function in my Ada mainline. The Ada code has a function spec like
package offset is
function GET_OFFSET return integer;
pragma Export (...
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Building a DLL for Windows with a specific base address
I am working on a project for a Windows library in Ada that must be compiled in a DLL, starting from a .gpr project via GPRBuild. I was able to produce a working DLL for Windows, but now I want to ...
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GNAT Studio (GPS) not launching on windows 10
I've just installed the Adacore's IDE GNAT Studio on Windows 10. The installation process went smoothly, then I added the binary directory to the path (C:\GNAT\2020\bin in my case). I can compile a ...
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How do I interface with Windows system calls in the new manner of 64 bit GNAT GPS?
I am used to using Win32Ada library for calling system calls for a terminal program that I was creating for Windows. The system calls were sufficient to achieve the control needed over the console, ...
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Can Ada be told not to catch EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
We have a large Ada/C++ system (using Gnatpro 7.3.2) running on Windows which very rarely crashes hard with a 0xC0000005 windows memory violation. I've tried to simplify by creating a small Ada ...
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how to use RegisterEventSource and ReportEvent function in an Ada program?
I am trying to access RegisterEventSource and ReportEvent function to write into windows event log in Ada.
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how to write in windows event logs using Ada language?
an Ada application which will write in to windows event logs?
i have tried to use system call in Ada but its not working
this is main.adb
with System;
with Interfaces.C;
use Interfaces.C;
with Ada....
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UTF-8 on Windows with Ada
It is my understanding that by default, Character is Latin_1, Wide_Character is UCS-2, and Wide_Wide_Character is UCS-4, but that GNAT can have specified pragma Wide_Character_Encoding(UTF8); or -...
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How to use GtkAda in command-line?
I try to compile a very simple GtkAda application in command-line, on Windows. Here is the app code:
`WITH Gtk.Main ; USE Gtk.Main ;
WITH Gtk.Window ; USE Gtk.Window ;
PROCEDURE Test01 ...
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How to compile this program? error at linker stage
I have installed gnat gpl 2016 on windows 10 and try to compile following (small) program with gnatmake. Problem is that due import of one function from libc the task seems to be far more complicated ...
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How can I migrate an application written in DEC Ada to Windows?
I have a batch application written in Ada in the OpenVMS DEC ADA ENVIRONMENT which I need to port to Windows.
How should I approach this?
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Ada program works in Linux but not in GPS Windows 10
Thanks in advance for any help. I am currently doing some beginner work on ada programming and I have installed GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) from http://libre.adacore.com/download/configurations#
I ...
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How to prepare Cygwin environment on windows 10 for compilation of Ada GNATColl library
After successful installation of Ada 2012 on windows 10 (with AdaCore-Download-2016-07-14_0729 package) I didn't find how to step forward to add database driver support to Ada. I found GNATColl ...
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GNAT GPL 2016 Installation Hassle On Windows XP SP3
About 2 weeks ago I installed the new 2016 version of the GNAT GPL Ada/SPARK compiler and associated software tools.
But the damn thing won't work right.
Running existing projects on it, it just won't ...
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How to return an exit code from an Ada process to the calling Windows process?
I need to interface a Windows C++ program to a legacy GNAT Ada program. The Windows program spawns the legacy Ada program as a separate process and then waits for it to return.
I can have the Ada ...
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Detecting if a sd card reader has a card inserted
Does anyone know how to use the Windows Api in C to detect whether an SD Card reader has a card inserted or not?
Platform: windows xp/visa/7/8.
I've had a google around and a look at the Windows API ...
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GNAT.Serial_Communication and virtual COM ports
I try to connect with GNAT.Serial_Communication to a COM port (Windows 8, from a console which is 'run as administrator') and receive the following error message:
EXCEPTION: GNAT....
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Adacore GPS "Could not locate executable on path: gnatmake"
I recently installed the Adacore GPS 2012 for Lego Mindstorms on my Windows 7 machine. When I try to build the example project, I get the error message:
"Could not locate executable on path: gnatmake"...
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Unable to read a USB com port using GNAT Ada
I'm attempting to set up a USB serial port using:
GNAT.SERIAL_COMMUNICATIONS.
I am able to open the port but when I try to set attributes of the port I get the following exception
raised GNAT....
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Tasking on Windows and the -gnatP switch
What's the deal with the -gnatP (enable polling for asynch tasking operations) switch?
I'm working on a fairly large game project using GNAT, and the documentation claims that this switch is needed ...
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Compile Ada program for Linux using Windows
If I want to compile a program that is written in Ada, I have to use GNAT, of course.
As my Computer has Windows as its sole operating system, I cannot use GNAT, normally. Right? Thus I got Cygwin ...
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How do you install GNAT (GNU Ada) on a Windows computer?
Alright, I'm looking into doing a multi-language project. I'm looking at part of that being in Ada. I'm already aware of the AdaCore packages, but I would need to link each file separately, meaning it ...
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Can i get any advantage from Athlon 64 3800 writing a concurrent program on Ada?
I'm limited to ObjectAda 7.2 for particular reason. Do i need to install a 64 bit OS (Win 64x in my case) to write and run such programs?
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