Re: [Boost-build] Need help in a jamfile

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Need help in a jamfile
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-15 13:20:49

AMDG

Sherwood Hu wrote:
>
> I am writing jamfile for a Windows COM server project. I followed the 
> directions in the URL 
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Build_V2/MIDL_HOWTO, 
> and the code looks like this:
>
> mstypelib MyCOMServerProject-tlb
>
>
> lib MyCOMServerProject :
>
>
> <implicit-dependency>MyCOMServerProject-tlb
>
> <snip>
>
> After a couple of failures, the code finally worked. However, I have 
> to call bjam twice to get it work. The first build ended up with an error:
>
> MyCOMServerProject.rc(106) : error RC2135 : file not found: 
> MyCOMServerProject-tlb.tlb
>
> The problem is that .rc is built before .tlb, so the rc compiler 
> complained that it could not locate .tlb file.
>
> If I run the same command the second time, the problem did not exist 
> because the .tlb file was generated.
>
> Is there any workaround to this – to force that mstypbelib is called 
> before .res file is built?
>

On the surface, this may be a bug in the scanner.
How does MyCOMServerProject include MyCOMServerProject-tlb.tlb?
Can you apply the attached patch to rc.jam and tell me whether/what it
says about MyCOMServerProject-tlb.tlb?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe