[omniORB] "OMNIIDL2.EXE: spawnvp of CL failed"

[Ignacio Perez Fernandez]

At 09.07 27/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
Hi Gerald!

  I suppose you are working with Windows 95 (not Windows NT)... Then,
I think that error means omniidl2 can't find the Visual C++ compiler
(CL.exe)... Try running vcvars32.bat (it is in devstudio\vc\bin
directory) in order to set up PATH and other environment variables.   

Best Regards,
Ignacio.

>Hi all.
>
>I just downloaded verion 2.5.0 for Windows and have been trying to compile
>an idl file with omniidl2. If I run omniidl2 without any arguments, I'm
>presented with a help message, however when I try to compile the example
>echo.idl with
>
>omniidl2 echo.idl
>
>I get the following :
>
>C:\a\omniORB_2.5.0\bin\x86_win32>omniidl2 echo.idl
>C:\A\OMNIOR~1.0\BIN\X86_WI~1\OMNIIDL2.EXE: spawnvp of CL failed
>Preprocessor returned non-zero status -1
>
>This error occurs regardless of whether echo.idl is actually in the current
>directory or not. I have a feeling I haven't set up something properly, but
>I have set up my path and I have put an IOR in the registry. I don't see
>instructions for anything else.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.