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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.36.108.81 with SMTP id w78mr467027itb.43.1521017615064; Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:53:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.82.140 with SMTP id f12mr162377oth.10.1521017614936; Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:53:34 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer01.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!e10-v6no111866itf.0!news-out.google.com!a25-v6ni427itj.0!nntp.google.com!r195-v6no111266itc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:53:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=101.164.108.182; posting-account=wavAeAoAAAAZF_sXSZepBukuPCBO0Zqt NNTP-Posting-Host: 101.164.108.182 References: <5a8e17dc-1d52-4393-be58-8881e741c3a4@googlegroups.com> <92b09533-40a2-4a91-a9bc-7b6eddb3e3a1@googlegroups.com> <1f3db512-b336-47aa-a3de-1f3771c15d75@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Embeddinator-4000 begetting an Ada-cross-platform future? From: alby.gamper@gmail.com Injection-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:53:35 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 3368 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1836373430 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50964 Date: 2018-03-14T01:53:34-07:00 List-Id: 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=20 > > Kenny Kerr did with his c++/WinRT project) although this is not yet rea= dy for=20 > > open source release, It is usable as a POC >=20 > Awesome! We very much look forward to it! (Kenny Kerr's use of C++ valu= e 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 Ke= nny Kerr's work did via cppwinrt.exe? >=20 > > I did post a video some time ago, demonstrating the bindings and the Mi= crosoft=20 > > Visual studio integration/toolchain. Have a look if you get time.=20 >=20 > 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 A= da 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 wi= th a project template that targets UWP.=20 If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask Alex