[omniORB] Problems with omniORB and Borland

[Jens Stål Hansen]

>>Any pointers -- do I need to #define / #undef something ?
>
>If your project does not use VCL (or its substantial CORBA-related part
does not and can be separated into a DLL -- as we do here), also define
"_NO_VCL" in the .bpr project
>file and link against "cw32mti.lib" instead of VCL version "cp32mti.lib"
(can be edited manually in the same .bpr file, see tag <ALLLIB>; then also
exclude "sysinit.obj" from
><ALLOBJ> tag).
>
>If you have to have both VCL and omniORB-based stuff in the same binary,
here I attach the two (as I have found so far, maybe some other require
modifications also -- then
>inform me, please) headers from the "<BCB>/include/VCL" directory :
"syscurr.h" and "sysvari.h". Both are heavily COM-related (Currency and
Variant types). In each, several
>lines, declaring binary operators with "int" on the left and
"Currency/Variant" on the right, are commented with "#ifndef
VCL_binary_operators_bug". Replace the standard
>headers with modified ones, and "VCL_binary_operators_bug" to your
project's defines, and -- though I am no VCL fan, I use it now and then --
everythings seems to work. By
>the way every commented VCL binary operator for "int" has its "double"
cousin, which can substitute them, if not with the same efficiency.
>

Yes, we do use VCL and omniORB stuff in the same binary.

Your new VCL h-files did the trick :) No errors and the client runs now :)
Thanks to you we ported both the server and client to omniORB3 in less than
2 days -- you know your stuff !

>I do not really know if it is a compiler bug or some error in the standard
VCL headers or what.
>

Me neither -- but hey it works ;)

>Thanks for pointing this out, as I have found this bug only once and forgot
to describe it on my page.
>
U R welcome !

>Best regards,
>Mikhail

BTW: Have you tried Borland C++ with the nightly snapshots of omniORB4 ? We
are thinking about changing some of our code (wstring / GIOP 1.2) and using
SSL/IIOP for communication.

Thanks a lot again for your help Mikhail !

Best regards,

 Jens