Windows support?

[adrai]

Is there a plan to support Windows operating systems, too?

[kevinmehall]

Yes, at some point. Have you tried building it on Windows? What breaks?

[adrai]

C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master>node-gyp configure
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@0.8.5
gyp info using node@0.8.21 | win32 | ia32
gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp',
gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-f',
gyp info spawn args 'msvs',
gyp info spawn args '-G',
gyp info spawn args 'msvs_version=auto',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\user.node-gyp\0.8.21\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\Users\user.node-gyp\0.8.21',
gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master',
gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp info ok

C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master>node-gyp build
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@0.8.5
gyp info using node@0.8.21 | win32 | ia32
gyp info spawn C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
gyp info spawn args '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=Win32' ]
endpoint.cc
interface.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
usb.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
stream.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
transfer.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
device.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
bindings.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
node_usb.cc
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
c:\users\user\desktop\node-usb-master\src\node_usb.h(5): fatal error C1083: Datei (Include) kann nicht geöffn
et werden: "unistd.h": No such file or directory [C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master\build\usb_bindings.vc
xproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.j
s:256:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "bu
ild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.21
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.8.5
gyp ERR! not ok

C:\Users\user\Desktop\node-usb-master>

[kevinmehall]

I've added support for building on Windows in 570e783. (Not in npm yet, but will soon be 0.2.0)

Tested with MSVC 2010 Express on WinXP, Node 0.10, and libusbx 1.0.14. All tests pass except for one checking error-handling; not sure if that's libusbx or node-usb.

In addition to the Python and MSVC required by node-gyp, you'll need to get a binary build of libusbx and extract it at C:\Program Files\libusb. Libusb requires that you register devices with the WinUSB driver with Zadig before they can be used.

[adrai]

Thanks seams to build now!
Just one optimization for 32-bit and 64-bit:

{
  'targets': [  
    {
      'target_name': 'usb_bindings',
      'sources': [ 
        './src/node_usb.cc',
        './src/device.cc',
        './src/transfer.cc',
      ],
      'cflags_cc': [
        '-std=c++0x'
      ],
      'defines': [
        '_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
        '_LARGEFILE_SOURCE',
      ],
      'include_dirs+': [
        'src/'
      ],
      'conditions' : [
          ['OS=="linux"', {
            'include_dirs+': [
              '<!@(pkg-config libusb-1.0 --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g)'
            ],
            'libraries': [
              '<!@(pkg-config libusb-1.0 --libs)'
            ],
            'defines': [
              'USE_POLL',
            ]
          }],
          ['OS=="mac"', {
            'include_dirs+': [
              '<!@(pkg-config libusb-1.0 --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g)'
            ],
            'libraries': [
              '<!@(pkg-config libusb-1.0 --libs)'
            ],
            'defines': [
              'USE_POLL',
            ]
          }],
          ['OS=="win"', {
            'variables': {
              # Path to extracted libusbx windows binary package from http://libusbx.org/
              'libusb_path': "C:/Program Files/libusb"
            },
            'defines':[
              'WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN'
            ],
            'include_dirs+': [
              '<(libusb_path)/include/libusbx-1.0'
            ],
            'msvs_settings': {
              'VCCLCompilerTool': {
                'AdditionalOptions': [ '/EHsc /MD' ],
              },
            },
            "conditions" : [
              ["target_arch=='ia32'", {
                'libraries': [
                   '<(libusb_path)/MS32/static/libusb-1.0.lib'
                ]
              }],
              ["target_arch=='x64'", {
                'libraries': [
                   '<(libusb_path)/MS64/static/libusb-1.0.lib'
                ]
              }]
            ]
          }]
      ]
    }
  ]
}