dart.exe fails in Windows XP

[DartBot]

This issue was originally filed by camelsp...@gmail.com

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
run dart.exe in Windows XP

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
expected: not an error box
instead: error box with "The procedure entry point InitializeConditionVariable could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
build of bleeding_edge (approx rev 410), Windows XP SP3 (32bit)

Please provide any additional information below.
according TODO was found in runtime/vm/thread_win.h

this bug was initially discussed here:
https://groups.google.com/a/dartlang.org/group/misc/browse_thread/thread/e701d9caabbf97a5

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by drfibonacci@google.com

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Added Area-VM, Triaged labels.

[iposva-google]

Set owner to @madsager.
Added Accepted label.

[madsager]

I'm raising the priority of this bug. I'll implement monitors using primitives available on at least Windows XP instead of using the ConditionVariable that is only available from Windows Vista.

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cc @a-siva.
Removed Priority-Medium label.
Added Priority-High label.

[madsager]

The Vista dependency should be gone from the Windows VM now. I don't have an XP system. If someone could test and reopen this bug if it still doens't work that would be great.

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Added Fixed label.

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by camelsp...@gmail.com

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testing rev 4171 failed with exactly the same error.
(assume this build is fresh enough - but there is no revision associated with the fix)

found no way to "reopen" this thing so please push that button...

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by camelsp...@gmail.com

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ok, found the commit (without bug reference...)
timestamp is Feb 10
http://code.google.com/p/dart/source/detail?r=4126

downloaded latest binary here:
http://gsdview.appspot.com/dart-editor-archive-continuous/latest/dart-win32.zip

revision file inside zip said: 4171 (Feb 11)

but timestamp of binaries is too old: "Feb 9"

looks like there is something "messed up"...

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by camelsp...@gmail.com

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crated issue #1665 for the build problem.

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by camelsp...@gmail.com

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build 4208 is not outdated anymore.
test finally looks good on windows XP SP3 (32bit).

[madsager]

Thanks for testing this! :)

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by greenexile45...@gmail.com

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Just downloaded the 32 bit version still experiencing this problem on Win XP. Also tried the "latest" build - same problem

expected: not an error box
instead: error box with "The procedure entry point InitializeConditionVariable could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."

[madsager]

That's odd. Could you double-check the version number of the build you are using? I just did a search over the code base and we are not using InitializeConditionVariable.

[madsager]

I got my hands on a Windows XP machine. The problem is the recently introduced use of GetFinalPathNameByHandle which is not available until Windows Vista.

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cc @whesse.
cc @Skabet.
Set owner to @sgjesse.
Added Accepted label.

[madsager]

Removed Area-VM label.
Added Area-IO label.

[sgjesse]

The standalone Dart VM with dart:io is not supported on Windows XP from the Dart 1.0 release. This means that:

  1. Development on Windows XP is not supported
  2. Running Dart server on Windows XP is not supported

The VM library used by Dartium will support Windows XP as long as Chrome supports Windows XP. Likewise the JavaScript generated by dart2js will run in Chrome as long as Chrome supports Windows XP.

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Added AsDesigned label.

[DartBot]

This comment was originally written by raymondme...@gmail.com

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I experienced this is well on my XP SP3 machine. As this isn't supported then 1) this should be clear on the website 2) there should be a clear message when running server mode from command line or Dart Editor.