[vlc-devel] [patches][ActiveX] FF plugin compatibility

[Anthony Loiseau]

Ok. I agree not to push generated files, so I agree the discrad of the
third patch.

But if we remove those generated files from git, then we will also have
to find a solution to compile ActiveX for those requirements :

 - nightly compilation process
      midl (MS windows program) required for VB compatibility,
      run under wine?

 - midl compiler is shipped with MS Visual studio at leat
      looks like an expensive licence.


I think it was the reasons why those generated files were pushed on the
svn.


Summary for others readers to better understand :
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blob;f=projects/activex/README.TXT
Those three files are generated from "axvlc.idl" :
  axvlc_idl.c
  axvlc_idl.h
  axvlc.tlb
And are, for now, available on git.


regards,
Anthony Loiseau


Le vendredi 11 avril 2008 à 08:38 +0200, Jean-Paul Saman a écrit :
> I am starting to integrate your first two patches on this subject.
> The 
> third is rejected, because in VLC we never put autogenerated files in 
> the archive. And second those files are generated with widl and not
> with 
> midl compiler, which will break compatibility with VisualBasic
> ActiveX 
> usage.