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Using libIDL for Win32
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Win32 libIDL support is mostly here, but currently requires the use of
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IDL_parse_filename_with_input, since there is no C preprocessor
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generally available under Windows. To compile this, you will also need
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to obtain GLib and pkg-config for Windows, which you should be able to
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obtain from http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html
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Building
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You can build either with the GNU toolchain (mingw) or one of
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Microsoft's compiler (any recent version should work). With mingw you
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use the normal configure script and make. pkg-config is used in the
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normal way to find out the compiler command-line options.
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With Microsoft's compiler you run nmake -f Makefile.msc. Also the
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Makefile.msc uses pkg-config to find out the compiler flags. The
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commands to use pkg-config output in the Makefile.msc are somewhat
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convoluted, but nothing simpler seems to work, given the lack of
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backticks in cmd.exe or something similar in nmake. If you use an
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older Microsoft compiler you will have to edit out the
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manifest-related commands from Makefile.msc.
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When built with gcc libIDL will also use gcc as a preprocessor (it
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will run "gcc -E -P"), and when built with Microsoft's compiler it
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will correspondingly use the Microsoft compiler as preprocessort (it
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will run "cl -EP"). Thus users of libIDL, especially users of the
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ORBit2 IDL compiler orbit-idl-2, need to make sure that they have the
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necessary folders in PATH so that gcc or cl are found when orbit-idl-2
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is run.
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Using the Library
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After building, all you need are the files IDL.h and the DLL and
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related import library.  Place the header in a place where it can be
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found with libIDL/IDL.h, the DLL somewhere in PATH, and the import
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library somewhere where your compiler will find it.
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Andrew T. Veliath <andrewtv@usa.net>
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Tor Lillqvist <tml@iki.fi>