GNATCOM Overview

1 Introduction to GNATCOM

GNATCOM comprises a framework covering binding and creation of all COM (Component Object Model) technology based objects and four powerful tools, MakeGUID, COMScope, BindCOM, and CreateCOM.

Thanks to GNATCOM the incredible wealth of technologies on the Windows 9X, NT, 2000, XP platforms become immediately available to Ada 95 applications. To name just a few, XML parsers, full control over Internet Explorer including integration and binding to its DHTML model, Microsoft Message Queuing, integration with Visual Basic Forms, OLEDB and ADO (Active Data Objects), MAPI, and more. GNATCOM also makes it easily possible for the many applications on these platforms to take advantage of the advanced stability and features offered by components written with GNAT.

Ada’s unique combination of object-oriented, high-level real-time control and concurrency features, coupled with the fundamental distinction between interface and implementation allows building the feature-rich and highly reliable objects required by component based development.

The GNATCOM home page is located at http://www.gnavi.org/gnatcom