CSE775 - Distributed Objects

Lecture #9 - Interface Definition Language (IDL)

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Office Hours:Instructor & TAs

Content:

1. Syllabus
   Describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
2. Project #1, Project #2, Final Projects
3. From Lecture #4:
   
   In-Proc Components

   Add External Tools
   Register Tool
   unRegister Tool
   guidgen tool
   What to Register?
   

   Class Diagram Structure Chart Activation Diagram Virtual Function Pointer Table
   

   In-Proc Component code
   

4. Building COM Components:
   
   Building COM Components is more complex than standard C++ packages
   
5. Peek forward at an ATL project - ATL_FirstDemoSp08
   
6. Interface Definition Language:
   
   IDL Presentation
   These slides discuss how to describe the structure of a COM interface.

   Interfac Project
   Shows how to pass most common types of data through COM interfaces, e.g., basic types, strings, pointers, and arrays.

   IDL Links

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