Zorked by MIDL

[billroper]

As in, "You are lost in a maze of twisty passages, all alike."

I'm trying to port some code from a 3rd party OCX up to VC++ .NET 2003. As part of this, I'm fighting through the incompatibilities between mktyplib and the MIDL compiler. If I understood why some of these things were coming out different, I'd have a better shot at fixing them. As it is, I've read the (crappy) Microsoft documentation and find that I'm still in the dark.

On Thursday, Doug gets back from Solutions and -- if this doesn't work -- I get eaten by a grue.

Comments

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

Reading Microsoft documentation has never helped me. I can't even comment on you problem since I have no idea what a MIDL complier does. OK it compiles but...... Lots of luck.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously, a MIDL compiler is what you use after the BEGNG compiler, but before the ND compiler.

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

Please duck, I an throwing a hard object at you. corse my aim sucks and I can't even throw across the yard let alone the pond, so you're quite afe for now. Unless of course we met in the flesh thenm I'll have to hit you. <groan)

[catalana.livejournal.com]

I promise that if you get eaten by a grue I will write a commemorative (or should that be memorial?) song about it.

*grin* Aren't friends great?

[billroper]

If it's a bright, bouncy tune, it's a commemorative song. Otherwise, it's probably a memorial.

"Ding dong, Bill Roper's through, 'et by a grue..."

[madfilkentist]

If you're zorked, shouldn't you be using MDL (aka Muddle) rather than MIDL?