From: ebritten@uci.edu (Eric Britten) Subject: Re: directx 1 Aug 1997 16:06:10 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33E23580.F0D012D6.cygnus.gnu-win32@uci.edu> References: <3.0.3.32.19970731094435.00697934@mail.mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: Derek Greene Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Derek Greene wrote: Check out.... http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~025668b/develop/cygnus/ I have also used gnuwin32 to use OLE & COM objects. I think directx uses a similar interface. It's not easy, you must use C not C++ for now. C++ cleans up your code alot, but it doesn't compile the Microsoft headers at all. For some reason the g++ is more peticular about the location of * in a function prototype that returns a pointer. The directx sample doesn't have any problems since it uses C. For instance, int * __stdcall foo(); gives an error. but int __stdcall * foo(); does not. Another thing is that if you declare the calling convention for a member function of a class, the calling convention is ignored. This may pose a problem since OLE expects stdcall for member functions of COM objects. Hope this helps. Eric Britten > has ANYONE managed to port directx to gnu-win32? puh-leez say yes, > puh-leez > say yes....:) > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message > to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".