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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>
Subject: Re: COMScope Released for Win32
Date: 1999/04/28
Date: 1999-04-28T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7g6vmg$23$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37269760.823D47F1@Botton.com

In article <37269760.823D47F1@Botton.com>,
  David Botton <David@Botton.com> wrote:
> When complete these tools will not only allow you to use
> and create your own custom COM objects, it will generate
> bindings to any of Microsoft's COM based services such as
> MSMQ, Database Access Objects, DirectX, an more. In
> addition Microsoft provides a type library for the Win32
> API allowing for a complete Ada binding to the Win32 API
> to be automatically generated.
>
> David Botton
>


Note that if indeed a binding can be generated
automatically, that solves the copyright problem. The
current Win32 bindings are copyright Microsoft, and cannot
be freely copied. However, a program that generates
bindings can be freely distributed (if the author so
decides :-)


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  reply	other threads:[~1999-04-28  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-04-28  0:00 COMScope Released for Win32 David Botton
1999-04-28  0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-04-28  0:00   ` dbotton
1999-04-28  0:00     ` dennison
1999-04-28  0:00   ` Tom Moran
1999-04-28  0:00     ` David Botton
1999-04-30  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
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