Transform an IDL from CORBA to be compiled for DCOM (usind midl)

[Guest_imported]

I have an IDL defining an interface written on VC++ for ACE ORB (TAO) IDL Compiler. I want to redefine the interface for compiling it with Microsoft IDL compiler. As you may understand I get lots of syntax errors and since I am a newbie it gets difficult. Any suggestion, ideas ??
Thanks!

 

[Cagliostro]

all interfaces in MIDL must be inherited from other interface. So you shouuld inherit them at least from IUnknown:
interface xxx:IUnknown{};
instead of module{}; you will use library{};
the main object there is coclass. Each interface/library/object must have a GUID. Library also require version number. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Guest_imported]

I have done this and all the changes as far as the syntax errors concerned...
But after that instead of it being compiled... I get this error :
"idl : error MIDL9008 : internal compiler problem 0xc0000005 - the compiler cannot continue for an unknown reason. See documentation for suggestions on how to find a workaround.
Error executing midl.exe."
which drives me to a deadend...
If you have anything in mind please help me...
Thanks...

 

[Cagliostro]

could you show me a piece of code you convert and you converted? John Fill

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[Guest_imported]

Below is part of the code of the IDL file in CORBA and I want to convert it to DCOM:
typedef string<10> ConceptCode;
typedef sequence<ConceptCode> ConceptCodeSeq;
typedef string<12> CodingSchemeId;
typedef sequence<CodingSchemeId> CodingSchemeIdSeq;

struct QualifiedCode
{
CodingSchemeId coding_scheme_id;
ConceptCode a_code;
};

and this is what I have done up to now with more convertions in the rest of the code:
typedef string ConceptCode;
typedef sequence ConceptCodeSeq;
typedef string CodingSchemeId;
typedef sequence CodingSchemeIdSeq;

typedef struct _QualifiedCode
{
CodingSchemeId coding_scheme_id;
ConceptCode a_code;

}QualifiedCode ;

But I now get the following error:
Processing C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\VC98\INCLUDE\msxml.idl
msxml.idl
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(20) : error MIDL2009 : undefined symbol : [ Field 'coding_scheme_id' of Struct '_QualifiedCode' ( Type 'QualifiedCode' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(20) : error MIDL2009 : undefined symbol : [ Field 'a_code' of Struct '_QualifiedCode' ( Type 'QualifiedCode' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(36) : error MIDL2009 : undefined symbol : [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Descr' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(36) : warning MIDL2039 : interface does not conform to [oleautomation] attribute : [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Descr' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(39) : error MIDL2011 : unresolved type declaration : QualifiedCode [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Parent' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(39) : error MIDL2009 : undefined symbol : [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Parent' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(39) : warning MIDL2039 : interface does not conform to [oleautomation] attribute : [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Parent' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(40) : error MIDL2011 : unresolved type declaration : QualifiedCode [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Childs' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]
C:\terminology DCOM\IDL\IDL.idl(40) : error MIDL2009 : undefined symbol : [ Parameter 'qc' of Procedure 'Childs' ( Interface 'ICS' ) ]

First of all I'm not sure if the changes I have made will have the same results, but I can not examine that since I don't get any results...(I mean it does not compiles...)
Thanks for your help!

 

[Cagliostro]

sequence and string are not supported by MIDL if they are noot defined in some wais. Use BSTR, VARIANT or char*, wchar_t*, int*, void*... John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks for your help!
I think I'm getting somewhere!!!
By the way, may I ask where are u from? age? university?

 

[Cagliostro]

I'm from Moldova, 27 years old. I finished the biology but I'm working like a cpp programmer in an american company. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks for your help... but after succeeding in compiling it...
I found a tool that automatically generates microsoft IDL files from any other IDL files!
Thanks again