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diff --git a/modules/CIAO/docs/generate_component_mpc.html b/modules/CIAO/docs/generate_component_mpc.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..101f0734d0f --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/CIAO/docs/generate_component_mpc.html @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> +<html> + <head> + <title>TAO IDL compiler User's Guide</title> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) [Netscape]"> + <!-- $Id$ --> + </head> + <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000ff" vlink="#cc0000"> + <hr> + <h3>Using The generate_component_mpc.pl Script</h3> + This document describes the options and usage of the Perl script <tt>generate_component_mpc.pl</tt> + in the <tt>$(CIAO_ROOT)/bin</tt> directory. + <HR> + <P> + <h4>Assumptions</h4> + This script is useful for generating MPC files for relatively simple component + applications. The string name passed to the script should be the name of the <em>single</em> + IDL file for that build (without the extension). The names of export files, preprocessor + macros, and library names in the generated MPC file will all be constructed + from this string. It is also assumed that the IDL file for a component build + will contain a single component declaration. + <P> + Judicious use of the script options in the table below will generate a build + that keeps to a minimum both the code generated from IDL and the number of + linked libraries from the middleware. + <P> + <HR> + <h4><A NAME="options">Script Options</A></h4> + <table BORDER="2" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="0"> + <tr> + <th> + Option</th> + <th> + Description</th> + <th> + Remark</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <a NAME="h"> + <td><tt>-h</tt></td> + <td>The compiler prints out the options that are given below and exits clean + </td> + <td> </td> + </tr> + <tr> + </A> <a NAME="p"> + <td><tt>-p</tt><i> string</i></td> + <td>Indicates another make/project that this one depends on</td> + <td>Used as a project name prefix unless overridden by <tt>-u</tt> option</td> + </tr> + <tr> + </A> <a name="l"> + <td><tt>-l</tt><i> string</i></td> + </TD> + <td>Path to the dependent name value of <tt>-p</tt></td> + <td>Needed only if the dependent make/project isn't already in the search path</td> + </tr> + <tr> + </A> <a name="n"> + <td><tt>-n</tt></td> + <td>Non-component make/project</td> + <td>Generates a <tt>*_stub</tt> and <tt>*_skel</tt> pair of builds, instead of the + default <tt>*_stub</tt>, <tt>*_svnt</tt> and <tt>*_exec</tt> builds.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + </A> <a name="c"> + <td><tt>-c</tt></td> + <td>Create a client make/project</td> + <td>Generates a build for a "driver" executable. Assumes there is a single C++ + source file named <tt>client.cpp</tt></td> + </tr> + <tr> + </A> <a name="u"> + <td><tt>-u</tt></TT><i> string</i></td> + <td>Unique project name prefix</td> + <td>Occasionally needed since MPC doesn't accept duplicate project names anywhere + in the tree over which it is proecessing. This option overrides the value of + the <tt>-p</tt> option, if present</td> + </tr> + </table> + </A> + </body> +</html> |