Re: Embeddinator-4000 begetting an Ada-cross-platform future?

[alby.gamper@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 2:26:15 AM UTC+11, Dan'l Miller wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> > I've ... developed a language binding to WinRT (very similar to what 
> > Kenny Kerr did with his c++/WinRT project) although this is not yet ready for 
> > open source release, It is usable as a POC
> 
> Awesome!  We very much look forward to it!  (Kenny Kerr's use of C++ value instances to represent WinRT-component types instead of actual C++ types representing WinRT-component types is likely something that you did not do in Ada.)  Did you generate the bindings automatedly from .winMD files as Kenny Kerr's work did via cppwinrt.exe?
> 
> > I did post a video some time ago, demonstrating the bindings and the Microsoft 
> > Visual studio integration/toolchain. Have a look if you get time. 
> 
> I am very sorry that I missed that.  What is the URL to that video?  (My searches on YouTube are failing to find your video; btw, Ada and WinRT or Ada and UWP should be in the title for easy searching.  Perhaps it is not on YouTube.  Bing Video cannot find it either.)

Dear Dan'l

Yes I did generate the bindings from the winMD files, and the resulting Api
is a thin layer over the top of each of the winRT classes (each implemented
as a tagged type) Still a lot of work to do with mapping winRT generics to Ada.
But I believe the core functionality is usable.

If you search this newsgroup for "Ada Visual Studio Integration" you will
find my original post (But the url is https://youtu.be/e1J1Bc2I-R8  )

Note that the winRT bindings were done as part of my larger project, which is
to integrate gnat into Visual Studio, which my video demonstrates, along with
a project template that targets UWP. 

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask

Alex