[vbox-dev] Generating the CBindings from the VirtualBox.xidl

Klaus Espenlaub klaus.espenlaub at oracle.com
Wed Oct 10 17:58:40 GMT 2012


Hi Adam,

On 09.10.2012 23:07, Adam Pridgen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I generate new CBindings for XPCOM IDL
> (vbox/src/VBox/Main/cbinding/VBoxCAPI_*.h) from
> VirtualBox.xidl?  The top of these header files indicate
> that they were generated for xidl, but I have not been
> able to uncover any documentation that discusses how
> this is done.  Thanks,

Actually we keep a collection of old (!) header files around in the tree 
for reasons which escaped me. The header file for the current API is 
automatically generated when you build this part of the SDK.

It should be created as part of a normal build (but doesn't get packaged 
because the SDK packaging is done as part of a complex build setup since 
it contains files specific to Windows and other platforms).

Klaus

>
> -- Adam




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