Windows x64 builds

In circleci-build-msvc-64.bat,

There is no need for:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencpnplugins/files/opencpn.lib
wget https://download.opencpn.org/s/oibxM3kzfzKcSc3/download/OpenCPN_buildwin-4.99a.7z
7z x -y OpenCPN_buildwin-4.99a.7z -o..\buildwin

as they are x86 libraries.

And quite possibly unnecessary for x86 builds as the libraries are now in the git submodule opencpn-libs.

These two lines have now been removed.
I have not done a runtime test yet as still setting up opencpn on windows for it.

Jon, Thanks for your work on this.
Reading OpenCPN/plugins#1439

The solution seems simple: we should use x86 for 32-bit plugins and x86_64 for 64-bit. This will match other plugins, use the same xsd schemas and avoid bringing anything new into the ecosystem.

Thus it appears that we should be using for Windows plugins

Windows x64 Plugins

<target>msvc-64</target>   <---EVIDENTLY msvc-x64 IS WRONG  should be msvc-64
<build-target>msvc</build-target>
<build-gtk></build-gtk>
<target-version>10.0.20348</target-version>
<target-arch>x86_64</target-arch>

Windows x32 Plugins

  <target>msvc-wx32</target>
  <build-target>msvc</build-target>
  <build-gtk><build-gtk />
  <target-version>10.0.20348</target-version>
  <target-arch>x86</target-arch>

How is this working out for api18 builds?

Some flatpak builds fail due to missing #include #52
OpenCPN/opencpn-libs#52
Alec says changing old api118 is kind of "scary".
And I just see that he closed your PR.

Plugins on older API s like 1.18 need to add #include before including ocpn_plugin.h

From 1.20 all is fine, the include is not longer necessary.

So our choice is to upgrade API to 1.20 or insert the #include.
Where do we have to add the #include, exactly?

The inconsistencies do pile up. Will we ever remember this in future years? Will we need to?

@jongough

@jongough
Jon, I am looking at making a PR from your Testplugin, thinking it would include win_x64 bit builds, but it does not appear to have those.
I need to rebuild Climatology for 64bit so that we can test WR x64 bit.

Can you advise? - I could just build with my changes which will make x64 plugins, but we will want to build all the other plugins too.
Incidentally, it appears that the msvc-64 has been added to PImanager now. https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/weather-routing-100060.html#post4106487
I will try it to confirm that it does work properly.

My version, which I have working against OCPN with wxW 3.3.4, is in the update branch. I haven't moved it to master as I am not sure OCPN is stable enough yet.

This version builds the windows installable. It 'should' work for all the other supported environments, but I haven't checked it yet. Been busy working on OD to get it compatible with GCC 15 which has invalidated WX_DEFINE_LIST/WX_DECLARE_LIST, which is used all over the place in the plugin. I have it working, but there are still a few edge conditions created by the change that I am fixing up. After that I will look at doing more with FE2.

Paul has Celestial_Navigation x64 installing and working in Windows x64 Opencpn using msvc-64!!
rgleason/celestial_navigation_pi#391

Seems stable to me.

PS: See change above #482 (comment)

The version of FE2 should be 1.0.365.0.

@pob220

Thanks Jon,

Do I understand correctly that TestPlugin 1.0.365.0. will build msvc_x86 and msvc_64?

We are slowing assembling the msvc_64 Plugin Tools

Weather_Routing
xGrib or Grib
Climatology (paul's or mine older one)
We need Ocpn_Draw to create inclusion and exclusion zones for Routing.

Do you think you could find time to accomplish that too?
Thanks
Rick

@pob220

I have commented out all builds apart from the msvc x64 build as that is what was being tested. The other builds have not been touched. I do not know if the older build will work on the newer windows OCPN as I haven't tried it.

I have done a first pass on OD and most of it is working on Linux. I have tried a circleci build and identified some other issues which I am working on at the moment. The main one being the deprecation/non-working of the old WX_DEFINE/DECLARE_LIST which has to be replaced with C++ std::list type constructs (there is a lot of that in OD!). I am hoping to have an alpha working version in the next couple of days, but.....

The msvc_64 builds now work in PImanager which is very helpful.

There is now a working version of OD 1.11.0.1 in the ocpn_draw_pi alpha cloudsmith repository. It can be loaded by downloading the zip file and importing it through the plugin manager. I have tested it with the current alpha of testplugin on a virtual windows 10 machine using OCPN 5.15 and it seems to work with both the json and binary API.

Thanks Jon, will try it out with WR and WD.

I've made some scripts to manage CS Opencpn workspace.
See OpenCPN/plugins#1460

If you download and use the more current version opencpn_5.15.0-0+d2efbdb you should be able to use PImanager. Catalog

Jon, I am curious, does Paul need to build 17 os?
OpenCPN/plugins#1472 (comment)
Which ones are not really needed?

As far as I know FE2 is currently building for all supported environments. The number of environments is determined by OCPN itself. When OCPN moves to wx 3.3.4 the number of builds 'may' decrease.

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