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Conference pamsrc::objectbroker

Title:	ObjectBroker - BEA Systems' CORBA
Notice:	See note 3 for kits; note 5 for training; note 1134 for releases
Moderator:	TLE::PARODId

Created:	Tue Jul 11 1989
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1413
Total number of notes:	6391

1386.0. "QuickStart and Borland C++ Builder" by STKAI1::T_ANDERSSON (Tomas Andersson) Thu Mar 20 1997 11:32

 Having generated a C++ client and ditto server with OBB v2.7 QuickStart,
 we attempted to use the code with Borland's C++ Builder v1.0, but got
 the following linker error:

	[Linker Error] 'C:\WIN32APP\OBROKER\LIB\OBB32.LIB' contains
	invalid OMF record, type 0x21.

 When using MS Visual C++, everything works OK.

 The people at Borland say:

  << ObjectBroker works fine with MSVC++.
  << This is a static lib and the Object Format is different. Borland uses
  << OMF and MS uses COFF. The two are incompatible. See if the ObjectBroker
  << is available in Borland type Format or if it available as a DLL...

 My question, therefore, is whether OBB v2.7 does support Borland's C++/
 C++ Builder, or if it may do so in the future. GUI generation is very
 easy with Borland's tool, so it would be nice to be able to use it with
 OBB. 

 - Tomas Andersson -

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1386.1	Yes, but you can rebuild for Borland!	REQUE::whocrz.zko.dec.com::Gumbel	Dick Gumbel	`Thu Mar 20 1997 13:06`	16
	You are correct - the c++ support for ObjectBroker is based on a static library built with Microsoft VC++. If you check out section 10.8.4 in the 'Designing and Building Applications' book (page 10-41), you will see a list of the supported c++ compilers on each platform. That section also describes how you can rebuild the OBB c++ static library with another compiler. If you need to use Borland on NT or Win95, you can rebuild the c++ static library as described in that section of the book. Dick Gumbel ObjectBroker development
1386.2		REQUE::BOWER	Peter Bower, ObjectBroker	`Tue Mar 25 1997 22:24`	6
	I believe MSVC is the only supported compiler for NT. obb32.lib is the .lib for the obb32.dll - I seem to remember you you can create a .lib from a .dll using a program (implib ?). You may be able to create a .lib that you can link against with Borland.
1386.3		EMNTAL::STADELMANN	Sepp @ZUO 760-2609	`Mon Apr 14 1997 06:21`	13
	the way how you can create a .LIB is described in one of the MSDN CDROM's. depending on many things, sometimes straigth forward and done in a few minutes, sometimes harder to resolvebut it can be done. Also my question, what are all the source files for under .\LIB\CXXSRC can the full ORB LIB be rebuilt uing this library's make file for i.e. Borland C++, Can someone deliver a few hints. Just a bit more then what is in the docu. please. Sepp,
1386.4		REQUE::BOWER	Peter Bower, ObjectBroker	`Tue Apr 15 1997 06:47`	12
	The C++ binding pseudo object code is in an object library. If you need to rebuild the library for a different version of the compiler, then the documentation has the details. If you want to try to rebuild the library with a different compiler, then it is much more difficult. cxxmakef.w32 is the makefile that is used to rebuild the library on NT. It is designed for the MSVC compiler. You might be able to take cxxmakef.win (designed for Borland on windows 3.1) and update it for Borland on NT. Look at the various options that cxxmakef.w32 is using and make sure the corresponding options in Borland are set.
1386.5		EMNTAL::STADELMANN	Sepp @ZUO 760-2609	`Thu Apr 17 1997 05:47`	1
	Peter Bower, thank you very much. Sepp