Adam,
The .NET Binding is hidden away in the /cpp directory.
Here's a way to build it:
1. Fetch the qpid-0.8.tar.gz (57M) to your system. Say, to D:\qpid
2. Unzip, untar (7zip works great) to D:\qpid. You now have
D:\qpid\qpid-0.8\cpp\...
3. Run powershell script
D:\qpid\qpid-0.8\cpp\bindings\qpid\dotnet\configure-windows.ps1
4. This script asks you to identify
a. The directory that holds 32-bit boost. Navigate to it, single click it,
and click OK.
b. The new, out-of-source directory in which to run CMake.
This is the QPID_BUILD_ROOT folder for 32-bit builds.
Select the parent directory for it (the default 'qpid-0.8' is fine)
Press 'Make New Folder'
Type in 'x86' and press OK
c. Run CMake in the folder you created? Press Yes.
d. The questions repeat for a 64-bit build. To skip 64-bit builds, press
Cancel.
For now just press Cancel.
CMake runs to populate your QPID_BUILD_ROOT with generated sources and
project files
5. Navigate to your QPID_BUILD_ROOT D:\qpid\qpid-0.8\x86
6. Build the qpid-cpp.sln solution. For now, just build Debug, Win32.
This is a 'regular cpp build'.
This step produces all the "cpp libraries" that the .NET binding will need.
7. In QPID_BUILD_ROOT execute the procedure
start-devenv-messaging-x86-32bit.bat.
This step launches the .NET Binding solution with QPID_BUILD_ROOT and with
BOOST_ROOT
set appropriately.
8. In the solution, select Configuration Debug, Platform x86. Build the
solution.
After building the .NET Binding solution you will have the binding proper and a
dozen or so
examples like client-server, drain-spout, sender-receiver, and helloworld ready
to run.
This setup allows you to develop 32-bit and 64-bit .NET Binding code without
having to adjust
your environment to find the right version of Boost. The procedure assigns the
*_ROOT values
and then launchs Visual Studio so you always have the correct QPID_BUILD_ROOT
and the
correct Boost in your path.
Thanks Steve and Cliff for clarifying the WCF and DOTNET status.
-Chuck
----- "Adam Crain" <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: "Adam Crain" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 12:13:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: different versions of .NET clients
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I just looked at your RC directory and
> downloaded:
>
> http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/0.8/RC3/qpid-dotnet-0-10-0.8.zip
>
> Is the file you intended for me to examine? I only see binary
> artifacts
> here.
>
> -Adam
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Steve Huston <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> > > There appear to be two different .NET clients available:
> > >
> > > 1) http://apache.cyberuse.com//qpid/0.6/qpid-wcf-0.6.zip
> > >
> > > 2) http://apache.cyberuse.com//qpid/0.6/qpid-dotnet-0-10-0.6.zip
> > >
> > > 1) appears to be a .NET/WCF wrapper around the C++ client (is
> > > this correct?). I have gotten this to compile and run.
> >
> > Correct.
> >
> > > 2) The README describes as a native .NET implementation also
> > > compatible with amqp 0.10
> >
> > Also correct. Though #2 does not get much attention or maintenance.
> My
> > history is sketchy on this, but my undestanding is #2 started as a
> > translation of the Java client; again, I believe it doesn't get
> much
> > attention.
> >
> > > Downloading 2), there appears to be no source in the
> > > distribution, although the README claims that the following
> > > folder should exist after unpacking:
> > >
> > > *******
> > > Generate code from <project home>/dotnet/client-010/gentool:
> > >
> > > $ cd <project home>/dotnet/client-010/gentool
> > > $ ant
> > > *******
> > >
> > > In the distro there are two folders, examples and lib, that
> > > only contain binary artifacts.
> > >
> > > What are the major differences between these two
> > > implementations from an API perspective? I've been using the
> > > java client extensively and now want to provide .NET support.
> >
> > If I were you and wanted to program to a .NET model instead of WCF
> > model, I'd look more at the .NET binding in the forthcoming 0.8. You
> can
> > grab a release candidate from
> > http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/0.8/RC3/. It's not a nice
> Windows
> > installer yet so you'll need to build it from source, but I think
> you'll
> > find it a closer model to what you want.
> >
> > If you want to be a guinea pig for an installer for this, let me
> know.
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > --
> > Steve Huston, Riverace Corporation
> > Total Lifecycle Support for Your Networked Applications
> > http://www.riverace.com
> >
> >
> >
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