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Beginners > Modifying Ham Lib Binaries To be Used with DevKitArm

#161683 - enliteneer - Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:05 am

I have a project that uses the Ham/Hel libraries, but I would like to compile it using the DevKitArm tools..

Does anyone know how the libraries (EABI Elf Version 0?) can be modified for arm-eabi (EABI 4 DevKitArm toolchain)?

BTW anyone know if HAM/HEL development is discontinued?

Thanks!

#162346 - MotK - Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:21 am

I can't answer the first part of that question, but as for the latter, yes, I believe development on HAM has been discontinued.

It seems the lead developer has abandoned the use of HAM (specifically VisualHAM) in favor of Visual C++.

This information sucks because I just printed out Jonathan Harbour's e-book on developing for the GBA using HAM!

#162361 - keldon - Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:28 am

Not a good book to learn from (despite the author's credentials); start with a standard book on C++ on the PC, then the tonc tutorials (see the C++ thread for details).

Just thought I would reiterate the main point of learning a C++ book on the PC; they teach you the basics you need to learn to at least be able to understand the tonc tutorials, and provide you with an easier environment to work on (with a great debugger, etc.).

Edit: http://theharbourfamily.com/jonathan/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=c5b12a508f038dae4ed47990f195be09&topic=427.msg2870#msg2870 << complete lie, if you managed to read that!

#162379 - MotK - Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:38 pm

Wow! Good to know that double-checking what I'm taught will go a long way in the end. I also read the follow-up by Tonc....WOW!!!