Generates GUIDs (Global Unique IDs).
Usage: MakeGUID Number_of_GUIDs |
C:\>MakeGUID
{C41E5A70-F473-11D3-939E-0080C88637DE}
C:\>MAKEGUID 3
{C41E5A70-F473-11D3-939E-0080C88637DE}
{C41E5A71-F473-11D3-939E-0080C88637DE}
{C41E5A72-F473-11D3-939E-0080C88637DE}
Generates documentation from type libraries (binary headers embedded in most COM objects).
Usage: COMScope typelib typelib can be a type library file (.tlb) or any file with an embedded type library such as a COM object (.dll, .ocx, .exe) |
C:\>COMScope C:\winnt\system32\mshtml.tlb >IE5.txt C:\>COMScope C:\winnt\system32\msxml.dll >XML.txt
Would produce a file IE5.txt describing all the types, objects, and methods in the mshtml.tlb type library or msxml COM object.
Generates bindings from type libraries embedded in COM objects or that describe DLLs (frequently developers package type libraries with regular DLLs.)
Usage: BindCOM typelib base_package_name typelib can be a type library file (.tlb) or any file with an embedded type library such as a COM object (.dll, .ocx, .exe) or Usage: BindCOM typelib_GUID Major_Version Minor_Version typelib_GUID is the GUID for a type library, a LIBID. Major_Version is the major version of the the type library and minor version is the minimum minor version of the type library that should be used to generate a binding. |
C:\>BindCOM C:\winnt\system32\msxml.dll MSXML
C:\>BindCOM {D63E0CE2-A0A2-11D0-9C02-00C04FC99C8E} 2 0
Would both produce a file called MSXML.ads containing a thin binding to the MSXML COM object and MSXML-*_interface.ad?, MSXML-*_object.ad?, MSXML-*_event.ad? files with thick bindings to interfaces, dispinterfaces, and event interfaces respectively.
Generates a complete COM object from type libraries requiring only function bodies to be filled in.
Usage: CreateCOM typelib base_package_name typelib can be a type library file (.tlb) or any file with an embedded type library such as a COM object (.dll, .ocx, .exe) |
C:\>BindCOM MyProj.tlb MyProj.tlb
Would produce the following files:
myproj-dll.ad? - The InProc (Dll) implementation files
myproj-exe.adb - The LocalServer (Exe) implementation files
myproj-remote.adb - An application that can register the COM object on remote machines.
myproj.ads - Thin bindings and GUIDs
myprojrc.rc - Windows resource file embedding the type library
make.bat - Batch file that will compile the files
There will be an additional spec and body for every COM object (CoClass) defined in the the type library in the format of myproj-*.ad?. Implementations of the COM objects are filled in to the function bodies in the myproj-*.adb files.