R devel - Dec 2011 - Problems in building a DLL in 64-bit Windows

I am trying to build a C language DLL and it works well with i386 but when I
compile with it substituted
by x64, like the FAQ page says, the result is an error message:

C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64/R.ddl: file not recognized : File format not
recognized
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

How can I solve this? The problem is with R 2-14.0 and 2-13.0

The complete source code is

/*
* myfun.c
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <R.h>
#include <Rinternals.h>
#include <R_ext/Rdynload.h>

void myfn(double *x){ *x += 1; }

The DLL is build like this:

R CMD SHLIB -LC:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64 -lR myfun.c -o myfun64.dll

and get the error message above.

The R code:

#
# myfun.R: this works with i386, but not with x64
#
dyn.load("myfun64.dll")
f <- function(x) {.C("myfn", x=as.double(x))$x}
f(1)
f(1000)
dyn.unload("dllmain.dll")

I am trying to build a package, or at least a set of functions, and performance
is sometimes a problem.
Thank you,

Rui Barradas

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What is R.ddl? Or is that not the actual output?

In any case, it isn't going to work unless you run 64-bit 'R', and 
my guess is that you used 32-bit 'R' to do this.  Make sure you use

..../bin/x64/R CMD

and you do not need the -L....


On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, ruipbarradas at sapo.pt wrote:
>
> I am trying to build a C language DLL and it works well with i386 but when
I compile with it substituted
> by x64, like the FAQ page says, the result is an error message:
which 'FAQ page' (which FAQ, which page ...)?
> C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64/R.ddl: file not recognized : File format
not recognized
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> How can I solve this? The problem is with R 2-14.0 and 2-13.0
>
> The complete source code is
>
> /*
> * myfun.c
> */
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <R.h>
> #include <Rinternals.h>
> #include <R_ext/Rdynload.h>
>
> void myfn(double *x){ *x += 1; }
>
> The DLL is build like this:
>
> R CMD SHLIB -LC:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64 -lR myfun.c -o myfun64.dll
>
> and get the error message above.
>
> The R code:
>
> #
> # myfun.R: this works with i386, but not with x64
> #
> dyn.load("myfun64.dll")
> f <- function(x) {.C("myfn", x=as.double(x))$x}
> f(1)
> f(1000)
> dyn.unload("dllmain.dll")
>
> I am trying to build a package, or at least a set of functions, and
performance is sometimes a problem.
> Thank you,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
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>
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On 12.12.2011 14:12, ruipbarradas at sapo.pt wrote:
>
> I am trying to build a C language DLL and it works well with i386 but when
I compile with it substituted
> by x64, like the FAQ page says, the result is an error message:
>
> C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64/R.ddl:
What is R.ddl? Do you mean R.dll?

If this is a typo: Is your OS 64 bit? Have you used the right compiler 
collection for making 64-bit code according to the manual?

Best,
Uwe Ligges



file not recognized : File format not recognized
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> How can I solve this? The problem is with R 2-14.0 and 2-13.0
>
> The complete source code is
>
> /*
> * myfun.c
> */
> #include<stdio.h>
> #include<R.h>
> #include<Rinternals.h>
> #include<R_ext/Rdynload.h>
>
> void myfn(double *x){ *x += 1; }
>
> The DLL is build like this:
>
> R CMD SHLIB -LC:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.0/bin/x64 -lR myfun.c -o myfun64.dll
>
> and get the error message above.
>
> The R code:
>
> #
> # myfun.R: this works with i386, but not with x64
> #
> dyn.load("myfun64.dll")
> f<- function(x) {.C("myfn", x=as.double(x))$x}
> f(1)
> f(1000)
> dyn.unload("dllmain.dll")
>
> I am trying to build a package, or at least a set of functions, and
performance is sometimes a problem.
> Thank you,
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
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