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FlexLIB question

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K5XH
K5XH Member ✭✭✭
in SmartSDR API

Can someone please tell me how to get a FlexLIB.dll file? Everything I can find seems to be out of date. This is typical of what I can find:

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There are no .dll files in the install location. The file "FlexLIB.dll" is not found anywhere on my computer (W11 Pro). I have downloaded the API library. Other instructions say to use .sln or .csproj files to build the dll but I see no .sln files and one .csproj file in UiWpfFramework. Almost all the files seem to be .cs files.

I have done some c# programming but apparently getting started on programming for the Flex is tough (for me)!

Thanks, Mark K5XH 6600/PGXL/TGXL/AGXL

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  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator
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    Hi Mark, Flex now creates the executable with the DLLs incorporated instead of in a separate library. This means that you need to compile the DLLs yourself.

    What I do to compile FlexLib with Visual Studio 2022 is the following (if this isn't correct or optimal, someone please let me know):

    • Open FlexLib.csproj
    • Add project UiWpfFramework.csproj to the solution
    • Add project Util.csproj to the solution
    • Add project Vita.csproj to the solution
    • Build FlexLib

    In my application, I add references to the four DLLs (note that the unchecked ones are from older builds)

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    They then show in the Solution Explorer:

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    Now I can compile my app using FLexLib.

  • Trucker
    Trucker Member ✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks for sharing this. I have avoided compiling from source code for the dll files as I never seemed to be able to get them built in the correct order.

    James

    WD5GWY

  • K5XH
    K5XH Member ✭✭✭
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    Thanks Len!

    I was beginning to think that I had picked a bad time to try a little API programming! I have spent many hours working on the .dll problem over the last several days. I about wore out my welcome on ChatGPT and Google searching for a solution but none of them worked. I think most of the info was for the older versions of SmartSDR.

    I just tried your method and I now have the dll files! Now I get to see if I can do anything with them.

    I wonder why Flex doesn't just add those dll files to their downloads and save dummies like me from wasting a lot of time.

    Thanks again Len,

    Mark K5XH

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator
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    Hi Mark, I'm glad you got it working. Good luck with your project!

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