Bug #133773 for Win32-GuiTest: Warning shown during install of package and Intermittent Problem of SelTreeViewItemPath, GetTreeViewSelPath, SelTabItemText

>Thu Nov 19 02:23:59 2020: Request 133773 was acted upon. >Transaction: Ticket created by glenn-rey.arcay@teradyne.com > Queue: Win32-GuiTest >Subject: Warning shown during install of package and Intermittent >Problem of SelTreeViewItemPath, GetTreeViewSelPath, SelTabItemText > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: glenn-rey.arcay@teradyne.com > Status: new > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133773 > > > >Hi Sir, > >Good day! > >I recently switch to Strawberry Perl 5.12.3.0 from ActivePerl >5.12.4.1205. > >And unlike ActivePerl, Strawberry doesn't have the PerlPackageManager >that easily install the Perl Package. >I was using dmake to install your Package. Unfortunately, I had >encounter some warning during 'dmake' as shown below: > >cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/GuiTest.pc blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.pc >cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/Examples.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\Examples.pm >cp lib/Win32/GuiTest.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest.pm >cp lib/Win32/GuiTest/Cmd.pm blib\lib\Win32\GuiTest\Cmd.pm >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\strawberry\perl\lib >-IC:\strawberry\perl\lib C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp >-typemap C:\strawberry\perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap >perlobject.map -typemap typemap GuiTest.xs >xstmp.c && >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "mv" -- xstmp.c >GuiTest.cpp >gcc -c -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE >-DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing >-mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.58\" > -DXS_VERSION=\"1.58\" "-IC:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" GuiTest.cpp >GuiTest.xs: In function 'int GetLVItemText(HWND__*, int, int, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:346: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL SelLVItem(HWND__*, int, WINBOOL)': >GuiTest.xs:361: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL SelLVItemText(HWND__*, char*, >WINBOOL)': >GuiTest.xs:371: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL IsLVItemSel(HWND__*, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:382: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL SelTVItemPath(HWND__*, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:393: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'int GetTVSelPath(HWND__*, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:403: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'int GetTCItemText(HWND__*, int, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:414: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL SelTCItem(HWND__*, int)': >GuiTest.xs:427: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL SelTCItemText(HWND__*, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:436: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'WINBOOL IsTCItemSel(HWND__*, char*)': >GuiTest.xs:447: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >GuiTest.xs: In function 'HWND__* PopupHandleGet(HWND__*, int, int, >int)': >GuiTest.xs:656: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to >'char*' >gcc -c -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE >-DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing >-mms-bitfields -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -s -O2 -DVERSION=\"1.58\" > -DXS_VERSION=\"1.58\" "-IC:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" DibSect.cpp >Running Mkbootstrap for Win32::GuiTest () >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "chmod" -- 644 >GuiTest.bs >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Mksymlists \ >-e "Mksymlists('NAME'=>\"Win32::GuiTest\", 'DLBASE' => 'GuiTest', >'DL_FUNCS' => { }, 'FUNCLIST' => [], 'IMPORTS' => { }, 'DL_VARS' => >[]);" >dlltool --def GuiTest.def --output-exp dll.exp >g++ -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll -Wl,--base-file >-Wl,dll.base -mdll -s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" >-L"C:\strawberry\c\lib" GuiTest.o DibSect.o -Wl,--image-base,0x22060000 >C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE\libperl512.a -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 >-lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 >-lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 >-lcomctl32 dll.exp >dlltool --def GuiTest.def --base-file dll.base --output-exp dll.exp >g++ -o blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll -mdll -s >-L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib" GuiTest.o >DibSect.o -Wl,--image-base,0x22060000 >C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE\libperl512.a -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 >-lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 >-lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 >-lcomctl32 dll.exp >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "chmod" -- 755 >blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.dll >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "cp" -- >GuiTest.bs blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.bs >C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e "chmod" -- 644 >blib\arch\auto\Win32\GuiTest\GuiTest.bs > >May I ask if these warnings are acceptable or should I be concern about >it? >I am having intermittent problems on subroutines "SelTreeViewItemPath, >GetTreeViewSelPath, SelTabItemText", I am thinking if the warnings I >saw during install cause this. > >The intermittent problem was sometimes my script hangs at these >subroutines. Intermittent, meaning sometimes it works and sometimes it >doesn't. When it works, all of our test suites/cases passes and if >doesn't everything fails. >The intermittent problem will just suddenly happen. We could not >replicate it as we would want to. And if it does appear, all the >passing suites/cases will then fail. > >I am in understanding that these subroutines uses the Win32 Command >"SendMessage". Could there be problem with the software that I am >trying to communite/automate to? Like it doesn't respond to the >"sendmessage" >One time I tried editing the Guitest.pm and change all the >"SendMessage" to "PostMessage" under the SelTreeViewItemPath >subroutine. It did NOT hang as usual but it did NOT select the >specified item. Now I put back the "SendMessage" replacing the >"PostMessage" and then my script suddenly works. HOWEVER, at the point >where "GetTreeViewSelPath" is called, the script then hangs. >I did not observed this when I was using the Active perl. > >I am very much willing to debug and solve it. But I would like to ask >your help on alteast giving me the right direction on where to start. >Your help will be very much appreciated. > >Thank You, >Glenn Rey Arcay