In order to generate type library files from Windows (or wine) headers, I built widl <https://www.winehq.org/docs/widl> from wine sources (on Mac OS X). Well, widl generates any kind of file, except .tbl. There is no error message and no output.

Does someone know if .tbl files for Windows can be downloaded somewhere. I don't feel like downloading 600 MB (with a slow internet connection) and trying out the Microsoft MIDL compiler <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms693359(v=vs.85).aspx> to find out that it doesn't work too.

Has someone imported .tbl files with success using ws_helper, in order to auto-create Pascal units ? I did manage to build that tool from source <http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Web_Service_Toolkit>.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os

"Adriaan van Os" wrote

In order to generate type library files from Windows (or wine) headers, I

built widl <https://www.winehq.org/docs/widl> from wine sources (on Mac OS X). Well, widl generates any kind of file, except .tbl. There is no error message and no output.

Are you really trying to generate a typelibrary from *.h files or are you using *.idl files? If the former then that's the wrong approach...

For what component do you need a typelibrary?

Regards,
Sven

Sven Barth wrote

Are you really trying to generate a typelibrary from *.h files or are you using *.idl files? If the former then that's the wrong approach...

From *.idl files. In wine, the .h files for COM interfaces are created from the .idl files, using widl. That works. But creating .tbl from .idl does not.

For what component do you need a typelibrary?

Anything related to Media Foundation.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os

In case someone is interested, I put the .zip archives below for download at my website

<http://adriaan.biz/windows-com/pas-from-sdk.zip>
<http://adriaan.biz/windows-com/pas-from-system32.zip>

Regards,

Adriaan van Os

<http://adriaan.biz/windows-com/pas-from-sdk.zip>
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thanks a lot.

Excellent, but sadly some libraries rely on OleCtrls and StdVCL.

Sandro Cumerlato wrote

Excellent, but sadly some libraries rely on OleCtrls and StdVCL.

I assume that's only for a few type declarations, because it's unlikely that Windows system libraries depend on Delphi for their implementation. But this does require some manual editing.

Regards,

Adriaan van Os