Windows COM objects accessability

[Justin C Calvarese]

JC wrote:
> "jicman" <cabrera at wrc.xerox.com> wrote in message 
> news:effj86$2u2v$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>> So, the question is, has anyone being able to access Windows COM
>> objects?  Any quick sample will do.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> jos
> 
> There are two ways to go about this: 1) Early binding - download the 
> Illustrator SDK, which should include the COM type library and C headers, 
> which you'd then need to translate to D modules. 2) Late binding. Neither 
> route is going to be as straightforward as JScript (which, incidentally, 
> uses late binding behind the scenes).
> 
> If you choose early binding, try running TlbImpD on the type library 
> (http://www.paperocean.org/d/tlbimpd.zip). It attempts to generate a D 
> module from the definitions in the library.

I was surprised that those zip's were still available there since the 
corresponding web pages (such as http://www.paperocean.org/d/tlibd/) had 
disappeared a while ago.

Also, doesn't the Juno project (http://dsource.org/projects/juno) 
contain a newer version of tlbimpd anyway?

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jcc7