[zeromq-dev] Unable to run Weather update server (wuserver.c) example

[shancat]

It depends what you're trying to do with it but yes I would use it on
Windows myself. You might want to look at the C# binding (
https://github.com/zeromq/clrzmq) or the native C# port (
https://github.com/zeromq/netmq).
On Jun 17, 2013 4:37 AM, "Shaukat Mahmood Ahmad" <write at sma.im> wrote:

> Thank shancat, yes finally I found it in API reference guide and in an
> old thread (under zmq mailing list) where some one had requested and
> tried to add ipc:// support for windows in 2011 but no success till
> 2013. As a user can you recommend zMQ on windows as I was evaluating
> it for a commercial software product currently running on Windows?
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:22 PM, shancat <shannenlaptop at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From the documentation: "The inter-process transport is currently only
> > implemented on operating systems that provide UNIX domain sockets." So
> > that's why bit doesn't work on Windows, failing with a helpful "Protocol
> not
> > supported" message.
> >
> > On Jun 16, 2013 10:30 PM, "Shaukat Mahmood Ahmad" <write at sma.im> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am new to zeroMQ so sorry for incomplete information in my last
> >> message in this thread, after debugging I have found that following
> >> code is failing on Windows platform with error # 135 and message
> >> against this error is "Protocol not supported", there is some
> >> advancement but I am still confused  to get exact reason of failure
> >> (as I am unable to locate some data in help / manual).
> >>
> >> Environment:
> >> Windows 7 Professional 64bit
> >> Visual Studio 2012
> >> zeroMQ   version 3.2.3
> >>
> >> code snippet:
> >>
> >>     rc = zmq_bind (publisher, "ipc://weather.ipc"); // returns rc = -1
> >>     err = zmq_errno();   // return err = 135
> >>     errmsg = (char*) zmq_strerror(err); = returns error message string
> >> as "Protocol not supported"
> >>
> >> Can anybody tell me about ipc protocol support on Windows platform.
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> End Note:
> >> Now I am really  confused about statements made about zeroMQ such as
> >> it will provide ease will reduce time to solve bigger problems, but
> >> the way it is presented and documented is really useless, to use this
> >> library either you  have extra time to debug the available source and
> >> re-write to fit your need or simply find some other suitable library.
> >>
> >> 0/100  for zeroMQ because I have wasted my whole weekend on trying to
> >> understand this useless library.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Shaukat Mahmood Ahmad <write at sma.im>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am unable to run Weather update server (wuserver.c) example due to
> >> > failed assertion at second bind request as following.
> >> >
> >> > rc = zmq_bind (publisher, "ipc://weather.ipc");
> >> > assert (rc == 0);
> >> >
> >> > The above assert fails as zmq_bind() returns -1.
> >> >
> >> > Can anybody help me to resolve this error.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > : Complete Code
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > #include "zhelpers.h"
> >> >
> >> > int main ()
> >> > {
> >> >     void *context = zmq_ctx_new();
> >> >    void *publisher = zmq_socket(context, ZMQ_PUB);
> >> >    int rc = zmq_bind(publisher, "tcp://*:5556");
> >> >    assert (rc == 0);
> >> >    rc = zmq_bind(publisher, "ipc://weather.ipc");
> >> >    rc = zmq_bind (publisher, "ipc://weather.ipc");
> >> >    assert (rc == 0);
> >> >
> >> >    srand ((unsigned) time(NULL));
> >> >
> >> >    while (1)
> >> >    {
> >> >       int zipcode, temperature, relhumidity;
> >> >       char update[20];
> >> >       zipcode = randof (100000);
> >> >       temperature = randof (215) - 80;
> >> >       relhumidity = randof (50) + 10;
> >> >       sprintf (update, "%05d %d %d", zipcode, temperature,
> relhumidity);
> >> >       s_send( publisher, update);
> >> >    }
> >> >    zmq_close (publisher);
> >> >    zmq_ctx_destroy (context);
> >> >    return 0;
> >> > }
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