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    Hello folks,

    After 1 evening of trying and reading a lot of (web)pages I have not
    succeeded in creating a .tlb file (to use in a C# program) from my
    msoeapi.idl file. Also I'm a bit
    confused because some sources say MIDL.exe makes the type library and some
    say TlbImp.exe creates it.

    I tried using MIDL but it will only generate 4 new files and none of them is
    a .tlb file:

    D:\tmp\msoeapi>midl msoeapi.idl /tlb msoeapi.tlb
    Microsoft (R) 32b/64b MIDL Compiler Version 6.00.0366
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 1991-2002. All rights reserved.
    Processing .\msoeapi.idl
    msoeapi.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\ocidl.idl
    ocidl.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\oleidl.idl
    oleidl.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\objidl.idl
    objidl.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\unknwn.idl
    unknwn.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\wtypes.idl
    wtypes.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\basetsd.h
    basetsd.h
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\guiddef.h
    guiddef.h
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\oaidl.idl
    oaidl.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\servprov.idl
    servprov.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\urlmon.idl
    urlmon.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\msxml.idl
    msxml.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\mimeole.idl
    mimeole.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\propidl.idl
    propidl.idl
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\oaidl.acf
    oaidl.acf
    Processing C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
    8\VC\PlatformSDK\include\ocidl.acf
    ocidl.acf

    D:\tmp\msoeapi>dir
    Volume in drive D has no label.
    Volume Serial Number is 2C13-D630

    Directory of D:\tmp\msoeapi

    01/11/2007 10:34 PM <DIR> .
    01/11/2007 10:34 PM <DIR> ..
    01/11/2007 11:32 PM 809 dlldata.c
    01/11/2007 11:32 PM 54,273 msoeapi.h
    04/14/2005 05:54 PM 36,458 msoeapi.idl
    01/11/2007 11:32 PM 1,937 msoeapi_i.c
    01/11/2007 11:32 PM 72,527 msoeapi_p.c
    5 File(s) 166,004 bytes
    2 Dir(s) 32,107,794,432 bytes free

    Does anybody have an idea what's going wrong here?

    Thanks for reading sofar,

    Vinz.



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    >Also I'm a bit
    >confused because some sources say MIDL.exe makes the type library and some
    >say TlbImp.exe creates it.

    MIDL produces typelibs (among other things) from IDL files. TlbImp
    produces interop assemblies from typelibs.


    >I tried using MIDL but it will only generate 4 new files and none of them is
    >a .tlb file:

    The IDL will have to contain a library {} block for a tyeplib to be
    generated. There are plenty of IDL files that aren't meant to be
    compiled into typelibs.


    Mattias

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  3. Default Re: msoeapi typelib?

    I see. Well, I have 2 options I think now:
    1) The long and painful road to create a typelib by hand
    or
    2) Wrapping the .h file into a managed class lib.

    Am I correct in thinking that option 2 is easier? And are these the steps
    (globally) to do it:
    - create a managed class lib
    - include the unmanaged .h file
    - define a custom object
    - give custom object properties and methods that do "things" with the
    unmanaged code

    Surely I'm not the first person to hack into Outlook Express from C# btw?

    Thanks for the reads/replies sofar.

    Vinz.


    "Mattias Sjögren" <mattias.dont.want.spam@mvps.org> wrote in message
    news:e6DVLPvNHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
    >
    >>Also I'm a bit
    >>confused because some sources say MIDL.exe makes the type library and some
    >>say TlbImp.exe creates it.
    >
    > MIDL produces typelibs (among other things) from IDL files. TlbImp
    > produces interop assemblies from typelibs.
    >
    >
    >>I tried using MIDL but it will only generate 4 new files and none of them
    >>is
    >>a .tlb file:
    >
    > The IDL will have to contain a library {} block for a tyeplib to be
    > generated. There are plenty of IDL files that aren't meant to be
    > compiled into typelibs.
    >
    >
    > Mattias
    >
    > --
    > Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
    > http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
    > Please reply only to the newsgroup.


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