Re: [AD] crash! unhandled exception wip414 win2k msvc

[Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > could you try to replace src/win/wddwin.c by the following one:
> > http://www.multimania.com/ebotcazou/dev/wddwin.zip
>
> Yes! Tried this one out and it fixes the crash, thanks!

OK. I switched from a DirectX call to a GDI call, which is probably safer in 
that situation.

> One minor thing - when I tried to compile it, it said "unable to open
> include file 'wddraw.h'" and I had to copy that header file into the include 
> folder to make it work, but maybe that's just my setup being wonky.

Weird! Did that happen with previous versions ? Could you post the command 
line that makes the compiler choke ?

> The only thing now is that I can't see the alt+tab window, as the game
> seems to redraw itself on top immediately, so I have to guess what
> application I'm selecting.

I'm going to investigate.

> I didn't need to do the disable_direct_updating trick, by the way.

That's fortunate, because the normal updating mode is now 3x slower (up from 
2x slower) than the direct updating mode.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

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Eric Botcazou