Re: [BBv2] [msvc] patch, review needed - .rc files can include files generated on-the-fly

From: Alexey Pakhunov (alexeypa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-04 09:58:59

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> This patch is committed. I have one concern though -- I think tracking of 
> dependency from .rc to .tlb won't work unless .tlb happen to be derived type 
> from .h. The c-compiler only tracks dependencies on target derived from 
> Boost.Build H type.

Interesting. I didn't know it.

I thought that the .rc scanner will detect all included files and call 
INCLUDES and/or DEPENDS so that .rc will depend on the found files. 
Isn't it enough?

> Am I missing something? (I certainly don't know what's .tlb is, anyway).

It is all about .idl files support. I posted it some time ago and I'm 
going to repost fixed patch soon. It will add an ability to process .idl 
(MS IDL) files using midl.exe. Among other things the tool produces .tlb 
file which may be included into resources (.rc).

> 
> - Volodya
>