Hi Terry,
> In fact, IDL is separate from RPC. IDL is simply about the way in
> which you write you API apparently. The Standard uses it so everyone
> has open access to the API calls, regardless of platform.
Right, it defines how data maps to bits and what functions there are
that can handle i
Ralph,
Since yesterday, I've followed up on the links you provided and had 'long and
meanigful' discussions with the guys who maintain the Standard. As a result,
I'm a bit more clued up than I was yesterday evening.
On Wednesday 12 Oct 2011, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > AIUI, the IDL file is comp
Hi Terry,
> On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > The textual IDL file would be my first thought, or are you thinking
> > there's a way to interrogate a peer to determine the interface it
> > offers at run-time?
>
> AIUI, the IDL file is compiled into a 'type library' which is somehow
On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 20:16 +0100, Terry Coles wrote:
> So how do Unix/Linux progams export their interfaces? In MS VisualStudio, I
> can click on a function or method and right-click to get the interface.
The "free desktop" way of doing this is D-Bus. The interface
description for your D-Bus o
On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > So how do Unix/Linux progams export their interfaces? In MS
> > VisualStudio, I can click on a function or method and right-click to
> > get the interface.
>
> Sorry, I don't know. You'd have to find a DCE IDL-using program, e.g.
> one doing some
Hi Terry,
> > I rarely hear of it anymore. DCE originated outside of MS and they
> > used bits of it. There's bound to be legacy Unix stuff still based
> > on it and some new in-house code by existing users may continue
> > using it.
>
> So how do Unix/Linux progams export their interfaces? In
On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Part of the Standard includes a requirement for support for Interface
> > Description Language
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_description_language) from the
> > Distributed Computing Environment Specification which is maintained by
> >
Hi Terry,
> Part of the Standard includes a requirement for support for Interface
> Description Language
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_description_language) from the
> Distributed Computing Environment Specification which is maintained by
> The Open Group.
(That link's about IDLs in g
Hi,
This query is a bit work and Windows related, but AFAIK crosses over into
Unix/Linux.
At work we help to maintain the IEEE 1641 Standard (http://www.eads-
tes.com/Standards/IEEE1641/IEEE1641.htm) and I am currently writing a
Validation Spec for compliant solutions.
Part of the Standard inc
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