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# Documentation
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=pod
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=for htmltoc FAQ::Windows::Use Of Windows IDL Files
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=head1 NAME
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How to create and use Windows IDL Files
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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The following fragemnt uses The Microsoft midl compiler to process .IDL files.
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The results are then inluded in a DLL.
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# Build platform definitions ..
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Platform( '*' );
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# Create a resource file
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GenerateFiles ( '*', "--Tool=gen_winrc.pl",
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"-out --GeneratedCommon(MyComponent.rc2)",
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"-version=$ScmBuildVersion",
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"-comment='MyComponent'",
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"-name=$ScmBuildPackage",
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"-description=''",
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"--NoWarn");
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# Process IDL files
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GenerateFiles ( '*', "--Tool=midl",
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"/tlb --GeneratedCommon(MyComponent.tlb)",
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"/h --GeneratedCommon(MyComponent.h)",
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"/iid --GeneratedCommon(MyComponent_i.c)",
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"/Oicf",
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"--Prerequisite(MyComponent.idl)",
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"--CreatedCommon=MyComponent_p.c", # Generated, but excluded
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"--CreatedCommon=dlldata.c" # Generated, but excluded
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);
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# Define the source files
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Src ( '*', Your Files here );
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SharedLib('*' , "MyComponent"
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, @OBJS,
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, '--Exclude(MyComponent_i,MyComponent_p,dlldata)',
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, '-lOtherLibraries'
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, "--Def=MyComponent.def",
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, "--Resource=MyComponent.rc,MyComponent.rc2,MyComponent.tlb"
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=head2 Points of interest
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=over 4
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=item *
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The DLL version number is also generated
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=item *
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Several files are created by the idl compiler, but they are not used. They need
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to be excluded from the list of object files used to create the DLL. This is
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done with the "--Exclude" option.
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=item *
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The IDL compiler creates a .tlb file. This is a resource file and should be
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added to the list of resource files combined into the DLL.
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=back
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