is WIDL a sutable replacement for microsoft MIDL?

[Steven Edwards]

--- Jonathan Wilson <jonwil at tpgi.com.au> wrote:
> Could WIDL be used alongside MingW to generate IDL files on windows?
> What changes, if any, would be needed to WIDL to get it working on win32 
> and compiling IDL files in a way that MingW can use?
> Does MingW have enough of the OLE header files for WIDL to work?

Yes I think so. We are going to be using it in ReactOS.
 
> Having an IDL compiler for MingW would be a very usefull thing for those 
> doing COM development IMO.

I agree but the license may be a issue(LGPL). Typelib generation support would be nice as well.

Thanks
Steven


		
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