Re: Problem running Version 1.4.1 on Windows-7 64bit

[Alan Mead]

    This sounds like an error in the installation script that we think
    is due to Windows 7 being EOL (because W7 is no longer supported, we
    think some component that we use in the installation package no
    longer supports W7).
    
    If this is the issue, the 32-bit installation package should operate
    normally.
    
    Thanks for doing the homework about what's wrong, but because
    Windows 7 is unsupported and because the failure isn't in PSPP code,
    it is not going to be fixed. 
    
    -Alan

On 2/17/2021 8:31 PM, jeepee--- via PSPP user discussion wrote:

> Hello,
>
> After uninstalling pspp version 1.2 and installing 1.4.1 
> (pspp-20200905-daily-64bit) I get an error message the moment I try to start 
> it.
>
> It says (translated from German to English) (windows title): " Entry point not 
> found"
> Text: "The entry point of procedure "ScriptIsComplex" was not found in 
> GDI32.dll"
>
> I searched the internet and found the following at Microsoft:
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/usp10/nf-usp10-scriptisc
> omplex
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> ScriptIsComplex function (usp10.h)
>
>     12/05/2018
>     2 minutes to read
>
> Determines whether a Unicode string requires complex script processing.
> ......
> ......
> Important  Starting with Windows 8: To maintain the ability to run on 
> Windows 7, a module that uses Uniscribe must specify Usp10.lib before 
> gdi32.lib in its library list.
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> So I think that the build for the windows version of pspp did not take care of 
> the "important" note Microsoft placed for windows 7 usage.
>
> Could the person involved with the build for windows usage check this out 
> and eventually repair this?
>
> Best regards
> Peter
>
>
>     
    
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