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authorschmidt <douglascraigschmidt@users.noreply.github.com>1997-12-17 03:23:45 +0000
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TAO has been ported and tested Windows NT, Solaris, VxWorks, and
Linux. I expect that major portions of the release will port easily
to other platforms that ACE has been ported to. If you can help port
-TAO to other platforms I'd appreciate it. <P>
+TAO to other platforms we'd appreciate it. <P>
TAO can be obtained <A HREF="TAO-obtain.html">electronically</A> via
the WWW and ftp. Besides getting the <A
-HREF="http://siesta.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html">TAO alpha
+HREF="http://siesta.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO-obtain.html">TAO
release</A> you will need <A
HREF="http://siesta.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-obtain.html">ACE</A>.
-You will likely need the most recent beta version of ACE because TAO
-tends to track changes to ACE rather closely. <P>
+You will likely need the most recent <A
+HREF="http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE_wrappers/ACE.tar.gz">beta</a>
+version of ACE because TAO tends to track changes to ACE rather
+closely. <P>
A quick build note for users who have used ACE with other ORBs:
linking TAO with a version of ACE that must also be linked against
@@ -61,26 +63,28 @@ undefined and most likely unpredictable and erroneous results. <P>
<HR><P>
<H3>On Windows NT</H3>
-Before compiling TAO_IDL on NT, you must set the environment variable
-CPP_PATH to where CL.exe is installed on your machine. E.g. on our
- machines, we set it to "C:/Program Files/DevStudio/VC/bin". Yours
- may vary. Notice that if you forget to set this variable, you
- must rebuild TAO_IDL after setting it.
+Before compiling <CODE>TAO_IDL</CODE> on NT, you may need to set the
+environment variable <CODE>CPP_PATH</CODE> to where CL.exe is
+installed on your machine. By default, we set this variable to to
+"C:/Program Files/DevStudio/VC/bin". Your location may vary, however.
+Notice that if you forget to set this variable, you must rebuild
+<CODE>TAO_IDL</CODE> after setting it. <P>
<H4>Visual C++ 5.0</H4>
<P>It works best if TAO is placed in ACE_wrappers so TAO ends up in
-ACE_wrappers\TAO because the Visual C++ 5.0 Project files are set up to work
-in this configuration. If you move it, then make sure you change the project
-file to look for the include and library files in the correct place.</P>
+<CODE>ACE_wrappers\TAO</CODE> because the Visual C++ 5.0 Project files
+are set up to work in this configuration. If you move it, then make
+sure you change the project file to look for the include and library
+files in the correct place.</P>
<OL>
<LI> Make sure ACE is built (For Visual C++ 5.0, use ace.dsw or ace-vc50.dsw,
whichever is in your copy of ACE). <BR><BR>
- <LI> Load the workspace tao\TAO.dsw and build the TAO library. <BR><BR>
+ <LI> Load the workspace <CODE>tao\TAO.dsw</CODE> and build the TAO library. <BR><BR>
- <LI> To build the Cubit test, load the workspace tests\Cubit\TAO\test.dsw
+ <LI> To build the Cubit test, load the workspace <CODE>tests\Cubit\TAO\test.dsw</CODE>
and build both client and server. <BR><BR>
</OL>
@@ -89,12 +93,14 @@ file to look for the include and library files in the correct place.</P>
<OL>
<LI> In Tools|Options, go to the Directories page and make sure that include
files paths includes ACE_wrappers\ and the root directory of TAO (which
- can be ACE_wrappers\TAO if installed there). The library files paths
- should include ACE_wrappers\ace. <P>
+ can be <CODE>ACE_wrappers\TAO</CODE> if installed there). The
+library files paths
+ should include <CODE>ACE_wrappers\ace</CODE>. <P>
- <LI> Load the project file tao\TAO.mdp and build the TAO library. <P>
+ <LI> Load the project file <CODE>tao\TAO.mdp</CODE> and build the
+TAO library. <P>
- <LI> To build the Cubit test, load the project file tests\Cubit\TAO\test.mdp
+ <LI> To build the Cubit test, load the project file <CODE>tests\Cubit\TAO\test.mdp</CODE>
and build both client and server. <P>
</OL>