[omniORB] C++ to Pascal?

[Gavin Uttley]

Hi,
I realised as soon as i sent the email i could do this as it is the same 
problem as me creating my own dlls.
thanks for the reply.

gav.


Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

> Gavin Uttley wrote:
>
>> With Omni being DLL based is it not possible to just use the DLL's
>> and convert the stubs to delphi?, i did notice that you carnt use any
>> other compiler than VC++ in windows, but i assume this is because of the
>> lib file formats being different? ie VC++ COFF and CBuilder MOF?
>
>
> I doubt that this is possible - the general problem with C++ is that 
> the standard lacks a binary layout spec - that's basically the reason 
> for the restrictions you have in calling C++ objects. I know that 
> there is work done in that field - the assigned acronym is ABI - but I 
> don't know how far that goes and if it helps yuo.
>
> But what is well defined is C, and you should be able to call it from 
> delphi. And there is a CORBA->C mapping. So maybe chosing an ORB 
> implementing the C mapping and then calling DLLs from delphi might 
> suit your needs?
>
> Diez
>
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