Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

I would like to warm that up again.

I want to use areaDetector with / for Lightfield, and I run into the following problem:

System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PIActon.ExperimentControl.DeviceManager' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PIActon.SpectralDevices.DeviceManager' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'ARC_Instrument_x64.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
   at PIActon.Interop.Arc.Utility.ARC_Ver(Int32& Major, Int32& Minor, Int32& Build)
   at PIActon.SpectralDevices.Version.ExecuteRequest()
   at PIActon.SpectralDevices.Builder.init()
   at PIActon.SpectralDevices.DeviceManager..ctor()
   at PIActon.SpectralDevices.DeviceManager..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at PIActon.ExperimentControl.DeviceManager..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at PIActon.ExperimentControl.DeviceManager.Instance()
   at PrincetonInstruments.Monarch.UISystemManager.Initialize()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

any advice on that?

putting the mentioned .dll into the bin/windows-x64 folder alongside the IOC's .exe or into ADLightfield\bin\windows-x64 doesnt help unfortunately.

Thanks!

Hi Mark,

thanks for pointing it out. I guess, RTFM for me ;)
Nevertheless, I'd suggest moving that section of the manual to the top, so the interested one can directly see what is required to build areaDetector from source.
Also, I'd suggest a copyFromExample.bat. (with COPY /Y instead of cp)

FYI, I copied

C:\EPICS\epics-support\areaDetector\configure>copy EXAMPLE_RELEASE.local RELEASE.local
C:\EPICS\epics-support\areaDetector\configure>copy EXAMPLE_RELEASE_LIBS.local RELEASE_LIBS.local
C:\EPICS\epics-support\areaDetector\configure>copy EXAMPLE_RELEASE_PRODS.local RELEASE_PRODS.local
C:\EPICS\epics-support\areaDetector\configure>copy EXAMPLE_CONFIG_SITE.local.WIN32 CONFIG_SITE.local.WIN32

and I specified AREA_DETECTOR=$(SUPPORT)/areaDetector in my $(SUPPORT)/RELEASE.local file.

then areaDetector compiled from the TOP directory.

thanks for the help!

William Kirstaedter (PP&B)	Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG
Faradayweg 4-6	14195 Berlin
Tel: 030 8413 5405	Mail: kirstaedter at fhi-berlin.mpg.de

Am 09.03.2023 um 20:17 schrieb Mark Rivers:

Hi William,

 

I just tested building xml2Src and it worked fine for me.

 

This is an abbreviated version of the build output.

 

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J:\epics\devel\areaDetector\ADSupport\supportApp\xml2Src>make clean

perl -CSD -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf O.windows-x64 O.Common

 

J:\epics\devel\areaDetector\ADSupport\supportApp\xml2Src>make

perl -CSD H:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/bin/windows-x64/makeMakefile.pl O.windows-x64 ../../..

perl -CSD -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath O.Common

make -C O.windows-x64 -f ../Makefile TOP=../../.. \

    T_A=windows-x64 install

make[1]: Entering directory 'J:/epics/devel/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp/xml2Src/O.windows-x64'

perl -CSD H:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/bin/windows-x64/mkmf.pl  -m nanohttp_stream.d -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I../os/WIN32 -I../os/default -I.. -I../../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../../include      -IJ:/epics/devel/asyn-4-43/include     -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include/os/WIN32 -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include   -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADCore/include -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/compiler/msvc -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/os/WIN32 -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include        nanohttp_stream.obj ../nanohttp_stream.c

perl -CSD H:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/bin/windows-x64/mkmf.pl  -m xmlstring.d -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I../os/WIN32 -I../os/default -I.. -I../../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../../include      -IJ:/epics/devel/asyn-4-43/include     -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include/os/WIN32 -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include   -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADCore/include -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/compiler/msvc -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/os/WIN32 -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include        xmlstring.obj ../xmlstring.c

…

cl               -nologo -FC -D__STDC__=0 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE    -Ox -GL -Oy-   -W3     -DPIC -DNOLIBTOOL -DHAVE_ZLIB_H -DWIN32    -MD -DEPICS_BUILD_DLL -DEPICS_CALL_DLL    -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I../os/WIN32 -I../os/default -I.. -I../../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../../include      -IJ:/epics/devel/asyn-4-43/include     -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include/os/WIN32 -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include   -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADCore/include -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/compiler/msvc -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/os/WIN32 -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include        -c ../catalog.c

catalog.c

…

link -nologo -subsystem:windows -dll -LTCG -incremental:no -opt:ref -release  -MACHINE:X64      -out:xml2.dll -implib:xml2.lib     buf.obj c14n.obj catalog.obj chvalid.obj debugXML.obj dict.obj DOCBparser.obj encoding.obj entities.obj error.obj globals.obj hash.obj HTMLparser.obj HTMLtree.obj legacy.obj list.obj nanoftp.obj nanohttp.obj parser.obj parserInternals.obj pattern.obj relaxng.obj SAX2.obj SAX.obj schematron.obj threads.obj tree.obj uri.obj valid.obj xinclude.obj xlink.obj xmlIO.obj xmlmemory.obj xmlreader.obj xmlregexp.obj xmlmodule.obj xmlsave.obj xmlschemas.obj xmlschemastypes.obj xmlunicode.obj xmlwriter.obj xpath.obj xpointer.obj xmlstring.obj        ../../../lib/windows-x64/zlib.lib ws2_32.lib

   Creating library xml2.lib and object xml2.exp

Generating code

Finished generating code

cl               -nologo -FC -D__STDC__=0 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE    -Ox -GL -Oy-   -W3     -DPIC -DNOLIBTOOL -DHAVE_ZLIB_H -DWIN32    -MD -DEPICS_BUILD_DLL -DEPICS_CALL_DLL    -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I../os/WIN32 -I../os/default -I.. -I../../../include/compiler/msvc -I../../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../../include      -IJ:/epics/devel/asyn-4-43/include     -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include/os/WIN32 -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADSupport/include   -IJ:/epics/devel/areaDetector-3-12-1/ADCore/include -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/compiler/msvc -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include/os/WIN32 -IH:/epics-devel/base-7.0.7/include        -c ../nanohttp_stream.c

nanohttp_stream.c

…

make[1]: Circular xml2.lib <- nanohttp_stream.dll dependency dropped.

"Installing shared library ../../../bin/windows-x64/xml2.dll"

"Installing library ../../../lib/windows-x64/xml2.lib"

link -nologo -subsystem:windows -dll -LTCG -incremental:no -opt:ref -release  -MACHINE:X64      -out:nanohttp_stream.dll -implib:nanohttp_stream.lib    nanohttp_stream.obj buf.obj c14n.obj catalog.obj chvalid.obj debugXML.obj dict.obj DOCBparser.obj encoding.obj entities.obj error.obj globals.obj hash.obj HTMLparser.obj HTMLtree.obj legacy.obj list.obj nanoftp.obj nanohttp.obj parser.obj parserInternals.obj pattern.obj relaxng.obj SAX2.obj SAX.obj schematron.obj threads.obj tree.obj uri.obj valid.obj xinclude.obj xlink.obj xmlIO.obj xmlmemory.obj xmlreader.obj xmlregexp.obj xmlmodule.obj xmlsave.obj xmlschemas.obj xmlschemastypes.obj xmlunicode.obj xmlwriter.obj xpath.obj xpointer.obj xmlstring.obj       ../../../lib/windows-x64/xml2.lib  ../../../lib/windows-x64/zlib.lib ws2_32.lib

   Creating library nanohttp_stream.lib and object nanohttp_stream.exp

Generating code

Finished generating code

"Installing shared library ../../../bin/windows-x64/nanohttp_stream.dll"

"Installing library ../../../lib/windows-x64/nanohttp_stream.lib"

make[1]: Leaving directory 'J:/epics/devel/areaDetector/ADSupport/supportApp/xml2Src/O.windows-x64'

*************************************

 

Note that it first build xml2.lib and xml2.dll and then built nanohttp.stream.lib and .dll.

 

The only reason it would not do this is if you have not defined XML2_EXTERNAL=NO.

 

• I haven't configured CONFIG_SITE.local at all - NO seems to be the default. (?)

 

Did you install CONFIG_SITE.local from EXAMPLE_CONFIG_SITE.local as explained in the InstallGuide?  https://areadetector.github.io/master/install_guide.html#release-and-config-files

 

I think the behavior you see can only be explained if you don’t have an areaDetector/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local file at all, or if you do have that file but have modified it from EXAMPLE_CONFIG_SITE.local. 

 

EXAMPLE_CONFIG_SITE.local does define XML2_EXTERNAL=NO in this line: https://github.com/areaDetector/areaDetector/blob/78fae55898b9028e756eb080367cd6aad8913b54/configure/EXAMPLE_CONFIG_SITE.local#L115

 

Mark

 

 

From: William Kirstaedter <kirstaedter at fhi-berlin.mpg.de>
Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:38 AM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: areadetector on windows, xml2

 

Hi Mark,

• Is XML2_EXTERNAL defined to be NO in areaDetector/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local?

I haven't configured CONFIG_SITE.local at all - NO seems to be the default. (?)

• Just before you get that error do you see xml2.lib being built?  Does it exist in the ADSupport/lib/windows-x64 directory?

no, and no.

thanks for helping :)

William Kirstaedter (PP&B)	Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG
Faradayweg 4-6	14195 Berlin
Tel: 030 8413 5405	Mail: kirstaedter at fhi-berlin.mpg.de

Am 07.03.2023 um 13:43 schrieb Mark Rivers:

• Is XML2_EXTERNAL defined to be NO in areaDetector/configure/CONFIG_SITE.local?
• Just before you get that error do you see xml2.lib being built?  Does it exist in the ADSupport/lib/windows-x64 directory?