[omniORB] Autoconf/automake and corba (was: Re: [tao-users] N eed Advice)

Empting Arnd arnd.empting@siemens.com
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:25:40 +0100


Hi,

you can easily change the suffix for header and source-files.

omniidl -bcxx -Wbh=.hpp -Wbs=.cpp your.idl

Cheers
	Arnd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Maskell [mailto:Donna.Maskell@udlp.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 4:13 PM
> To: omniorb-list@uk.research.att.com
> Subject: Re: [omniORB] Autoconf/automake and corba (was: Re: 
> [tao-users]
> Need Advice)
> 
> 
> As long as we are talking about making the filenames uniform, I'd like
> to mention that omniorb doesn't seem to have an option for 
> changing the
> suffix on the source code file. I generate code with the -bcxx
> -Wbexample options and get .cc files for the source example file.
> Unfortunately, I am working on a Windows platform and 
> MSVC++6.0 seems to
> want the files to end in .cxx or .cpp. I know there is a way to extend
> its ability to recognize additional files as being legitimate 
> C++ files,
> but it requires (I think) editing an environmental variable. The IT
> department here has a policy that editing certain environmental
> variables should only be done by them. (They also have a policy that
> prevents me installing a Name Server on my PC, but that's another
> story.) Hopefully this is not a common problem, but I would appreciate
> staying away from getting IT involved. Is there an option I have
> overlooked so that the example source file can be generated with a
> user-selected suffix?
> 
> Appreciation in advance,
> 
> Donna Maskell
>