Re: [gtkmm] Uncaught exception: gtkmm-2.4 and win32

[Cedric Gustin <cedric gustin swing be>]

Timothy M. Shead wrote:
> Wondering if anyone else has run into this.  The enclosed test case 
> attempts to load a non-existent icon using Gtk::IconTheme::load_icon().
> Running on x86 Gentoo, gcc 3.3.4, no problem - it catches an exception 
> of type Glib::Exception and exits normally.
> Running on cygwin Win32, gcc 3.3.1 (cygming special), and using the 
> excellent "gtkmm Developer Environment 2.4.5 for Mingw" from 
> http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/, it does not catch any 
> exception, and displays a dialog box "This application has requested the 
> Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way" and terminates, despite the 
> catch(...) block.
No problem here. I get

(test_exception.exe:2672): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 
'bull'. The 'hicolor' theme
was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.
You can get a copy from:
        http://freedesktop.org/Software/icon-theme/releases

(test_exception.exe:2672): glibmm-WARNING **: 
Glib::Error::throw_exception():
  unknown error domain 'gtk-icon-theme-error-quark': throwing generic 
Glib::Error exception
Glib::Exception: Icon 'bull' not present in theme

This is with gtkmm-2.4.5 and either mingw-gcc 3.3.1 or cygwin-gcc 3.3.3 
(with the -mno-cygwin option)
BUT I get a runtime error with cygwin-gcc 3.3.3 when used WITHOUT the 
-mno-cygwin flag, which is expected as it mixes the cygwin (your 
example) and native win32 runtime environments (the gtkmm DLL).
Are you sure you compiled your example with the -mno-cygwin option ?

Cedric