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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Sep 05 2006 : 07:26:20 AM
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Does Alt-G understand that a C++ method in a class derives from an interface that is originally declared in an IDL file?
So, if I hit Alt-G when in C++, do you expect it to offer me a choice that includes the IDL file entry as well as the C++ header etc?
It doesn't do this for me but I'm not sure if this is my machine playing up again or whether it's not supported :)
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Sep 05 2006 : 3:49:38 PM
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i don't actually know, partly because i am not entirely sure what an IDL file is. the extent of my knowledge is this thread:
http://forum.wholetomato.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4432
which doesn't actually help all that much 
i will ask support and see if they have any ideas. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2006 : 3:52:36 PM
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| OK. Maybe that explains why VAX doesn't understand them! You only get into these things when you play with COM and similar technologies. |
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sean
Whole Tomato Software
USA
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Posted - Sep 06 2006 : 1:30:20 PM
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Alt+g will not list base class methods that a derived class has overridden (when alt+g is invoked on the derived class method).
Alt+g on an interface defined in an IDL/ODL file will go to the header file created by MIDL, not the original IDL/ODL file. |
Edited by - sean on Sep 06 2006 1:31:28 PM |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2006 : 1:38:51 PM
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| OK, thanks for the confirmation |
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
171 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2006 : 05:35:49 AM
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VAX has now started jumping to the coclass definition in the IDL file, when I hit Alt-G on the CPP implementation. It isn't jumping to the declaration in the header file, as I deduce should be happening from your comment.
I know that there are wacky things about VAX on my system but, in the light of your comment, it seems strange that VAX should be capable of understanding that:
STDMETHODIMP MyCollection::get_Count(/*[out, retval]*/ long *value)
{
}
derives originally from:
coclass MyCollection
{
[default] interface IMyCollection;
};
when I hit Alt-G with the caret somewhere in the word "MyCollection" in the CPP file.
It's why I asked the question in the first place. I was sure that I had VAX doing this at one point and, though it stopped for a while, it's now back doing it again.
Weird, but probably another one for the "reinstall-Windows" solution, once I get past this damn deliverable deadline!
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peck797
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 20 2006 : 7:28:31 PM
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| This isn't happening any more with 1540. Problem fixed :) |
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Link to IDL files from CPP
