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authorhobbs <hobbs>2000-02-10 08:55:39 (GMT)
committerhobbs <hobbs>2000-02-10 08:55:39 (GMT)
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* win/tclWinLoad.c (TclpLoadFile): improved error message for load
failures, could perhaps be even more intelligent.
Diffstat (limited to 'win')
-rw-r--r--win/tclWinLoad.c48
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/win/tclWinLoad.c b/win/tclWinLoad.c
index 124f5e2..a962b7a 100644
--- a/win/tclWinLoad.c
+++ b/win/tclWinLoad.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
* of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
*
- * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclWinLoad.c,v 1.3 1999/04/16 00:48:09 stanton Exp $
+ * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclWinLoad.c,v 1.4 2000/02/10 08:55:39 hobbs Exp $
*/
#include "tclWinInt.h"
@@ -60,9 +60,49 @@ TclpLoadFile(interp, fileName, sym1, sym2, proc1Ptr, proc2Ptr, clientDataPtr)
*clientDataPtr = (ClientData) handle;
if (handle == NULL) {
- TclWinConvertError(GetLastError());
- Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "couldn't load file \"", fileName,
- "\": ", Tcl_PosixError(interp), (char *) NULL);
+ DWORD lastError = GetLastError();
+#if 0
+ /*
+ * It would be ideal if the FormatMessage stuff worked better,
+ * but unfortunately it doesn't seem to want to...
+ */
+ LPTSTR lpMsgBuf;
+ char *buf;
+ int size;
+ size = FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL, lastError, 0,
+ (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL);
+ buf = (char *) ckalloc((unsigned) TCL_INTEGER_SPACE + size + 1);
+ sprintf(buf, "%d %s", lastError, (char *)lpMsgBuf);
+#endif
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "couldn't load library \"",
+ fileName, "\": ", (char *) NULL);
+ /*
+ * Check for possible DLL errors. This doesn't work quite right,
+ * because Windows seems to only return ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND for
+ * just about any problem, but it's better than nothing. It'd be
+ * even better if there was a way to get what DLLs
+ */
+ switch (lastError) {
+ case ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND:
+ case ERROR_DLL_NOT_FOUND:
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "this library or a dependent library",
+ " could not be found", (char *)
+ NULL);
+ break;
+ case ERROR_INVALID_DLL:
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "this library or a dependent library",
+ " is damaged", (char *) NULL);
+ break;
+ case ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED:
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "the library initialization",
+ " routine failed", (char *) NULL);
+ break;
+ default:
+ TclWinConvertError(lastError);
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp, Tcl_PosixError(interp),
+ (char *) NULL);
+ }
return TCL_ERROR;
}