From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b7e4340100880cc9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-14 10:18:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-hub.siol.net!news.siol.net!not-for-mail From: "isaac buchwald" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9Src7.1578$bl.79685@news.siol.net> <7i_d7.276991$qc.33250428@news1.rdc1.va.home.com> Subject: Re: gnat ada DLL and VB X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:17:22 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.250.10.104 X-Complaints-To: abuse@siol.net X-Trace: news.siol.net 997809522 213.250.10.104 (Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:18:42 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:18:42 MET DST Organization: Slovenija OnLine - SiOL Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11928 Date: 2001-08-14T19:17:22+02:00 List-Id: but there is one more reason , why not to use it. If i write a package in ada , i would like to use in a different invironment without much ado , and without a separate layer that brings in a new peril of quer functioning. "R. Srinivasan" wrote in message news:7i_d7.276991$qc.33250428@news1.rdc1.va.home.com... > Many of us -- well speaking for myself, COM/DCOM/DCOM+ etc. etc. are not the > easiest to understand. These are comprehensive technologies that addresses a > broad range of issues. Even with supposedly "friendly" environments (to each > other I mean) like VC++ and VB, both the development, troubleshooting is > quite challenging to put it mildly -- particularly when it comes to > interoperation between VB/VC++. > > Afterall one of the central theme of VS.NET namely the "much touted" CLR is > a testament to the issues involved. > > > "David Botton" wrote in message > news:mailman.997714164.3020.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > > Why would any one write a DLL on windows to work with VB or for that > matter > > with any language? Particularly when there are excellent COM/DCOM tools > that > > make creating COM objects with Ada 95 easier then perhaps even VB itself > :-) > > > > Step 1 - Write IDL and compile with MIDL to a TypeLibrary (or use a GUI > type > > library creation tool) > > Step 2 - Run CreateCOM on TLB file > > Step 3 - Fill in the blanks :-) > > > > DONE > > > > DLL's these days are only being developed for use with inferior languages > > like C/C++ where the average programmer is too lazy to write/use COM/DCOM > > objects since their tools and/or skills are not as well developed on the > > Windows platform. > > > > http://www.adapower.com/gnatcom > > > > David Botton > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "isaac buchwald" > > > > > > > Does anybody tryed to build a simple dll in gnat ada (v 3.13p) > > that > > > was > > > able to reference it in a visual basic (v 6.0) project - and it > was > > > working? > > > > > > If there is such a mighty ada programmer , please share your > demo > > > code > > > with the community. > > > > > >