Cannot run dvisvgm.exe 1.0.3 in W2K+SP4

[sprintersb]

Hi, I downloaded dvisvgm-1.0.3-win32.zip, extracted the files and added path to PATH.

Running dvisvgm.exe from console results in error ".\dvisvgm.exe ist keine gültige Win32-Anwendung" (".\dvisvgm.exe is not a valid win32 application") as popup message and on console "Zugriff verweigert" ("access denied").

Am I missing something?

OS is Microsoft Windows 2000 with SP4

[sprintersb (sprintersb)]

I tried some older versions like 0.9.1. Problem is the same.

[Martin Gieseking (martin-gieseking)]

The Windows binary was compiled with Visual Studio 2010. Unfortunately, the Microsoft compilers don't support Windows 2000 any longer.

[sprintersb (sprintersb)]

Is dvisvgm ready for cross compiling? I.e. configuring with --build=linux-gnu --host=i386-mingw32. (I successfully use that approach for cross compiling gcc with build != host != target. It is much easier than native win builds.)

Then it would be possible to build my mingw32 executables.

[Martin Gieseking (martin-gieseking)]

If you want to build dvisvgm for use with MiKTeX, cross-compilation is not possible because the MiKTeX SDK relies on MS language extensions for the COM interface. The upcoming MiKTeX 2.9 won't support Windows 2000 any longer either.
Alternatively, you can use TeX Live 2010 which also provides a dvisvgm binary.

[Martin Gieseking (martin-gieseking)]

Closing here for now. Feel free to add further comments if desired.