Embedding Tcl in a C program

Question

I am trying to create a simple c++ console app that calls the nagelfar syntax checker on a script. I followed the directions here: http://wiki.tcl.tk/19919 , adding the tclstub85.lib to my input, adding the tcl lib directory to my additional libraries, and adding my header directory as well. Linking fails with:

main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _tclStubsPtr 

This is my command line for linking:

/OUT:"C:\Users\######\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Nagelfar\Release\Nagelfar.exe"
/NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"C:\Tcl\lib" /MANIFEST 
/MANIFESTFILE:"Release\Nagelfar.exe.intermediate.manifest" /DEBUG
/PDB:"c:\users\######\documents\visual studio 2005\projects\nagelfar\release\Nagelfar.pdb"
/OPT:REF /OPT:ICF /LTCG /MACHINE:X86 /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT C:\Tcl\lib\tclstub85.lib
kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib 

This is the full source code, which I can compile and run fine in Linux using g++:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tcl.h>
#include <string.h>

Tcl_Interp * tcl_interp ;
char fileToCheck[] = "test.tcl";
char dbFile[] = "syntaxdb.tcl";

int main () {
    int code, argc;
    const char **argv;
    char command[1024];
    char *results = NULL; 
    tcl_interp = Tcl_CreateInterp();
    Tcl_SetVar2(tcl_interp, "::Nagelfar", "embedded", "1", 0);  
    code = Tcl_EvalFile(tcl_interp, "nagelfar.tcl"); 
    Tcl_LinkVar(tcl_interp, "::Nagelfar(chkResult)", (char *)&results, TCL_LINK_STRING); 
    sprintf(command, "synCheck %s %s", fileToCheck, dbFile); 
    code = Tcl_Eval(tcl_interp, command);
    printf("Raw Result: \r\n %s\r\n", results); 
    code = Tcl_SplitList(tcl_interp, results, &argc, &argv); 
    {
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
        {
            printf("%d/%d: %s\r\n", i+1, argc, argv[i]); 
        }
    }
    Tcl_Free(results);
    return 0;
}

Solved my own problem: I had x64 ActiveTcl but was linking a 32 bit project. Using the x86 ActiveTcl distribution fixed my issues.

Answer 1

Solved my own problem: I had x64 ActiveTcl but was linking a 32 bit project. Using the x86 ActiveTcl distribution fixed my issues.