> Hi,
> i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> ok! What can i do?
> thanks in advance
>

> This is just the default for the compiler. If you want a TLB file you'll
> need to use the appropriate command line option. Don't remember but from the
> doc I believe the /newtlb switch could be enought...
>
> You'll find the MIDL documentation at :
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/midl/midl/using_the_midl_compiler_2.asp
>
> If it works it could be likely quicker than converting the IDL file to C#
> (though the syntax have some similarity and is likely inspired from IDL).
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1163004700.613920.156***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> > i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> > and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> > or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> > it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> > it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> > urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> > ok! What can i do?
> > thanks in advance
> >

> This is just the default for the compiler. If you want a TLB file you'll
> need to use the appropriate command line option. Don't remember but from
> the
> doc I believe the /newtlb switch could be enought...
>
> You'll find the MIDL documentation at :
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/midl/midl/using_the_midl_compiler_2.asp
>
> If it works it could be likely quicker than converting the IDL file to C#
> (though the syntax have some similarity and is likely inspired from IDL).
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1163004700.613920.156***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> > i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> > and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> > or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> > it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> > it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> > urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> > ok! What can i do?
> > thanks in advance
> >

> Have you checked also that the IDL files contains a library statement ? I
> would try with a simple dummy file to make sure...
>
> Sorry for the poor help but it's been a while since I last used MIDL...
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1163007729.369453.24***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> no, /newtlb is the default:
>
> /newtlb            Generate new format type libraries (default)
>
> i tried to specify it explitly but nothing...
>
> Patrice wrote:
>
> > This is just the default for the compiler. If you want a TLB file you'll
> > need to use the appropriate command line option. Don't remember but from
> > the
> > doc I believe the /newtlb switch could be enought...
> >
> > You'll find the MIDL documentation at :
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/midl/midl/using_the_midl_compiler_2.asp
> >
> > If it works it could be likely quicker than converting the IDL file to C#
> > (though the syntax have some similarity and is likely inspired from IDL).
> >
> > --
> > Patrice
> >
> > "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> > 1163004700.613920.156***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> > > and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> > > or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> > > it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> > > it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> > > urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> > > ok! What can i do?
> > > thanks in advance
> > >

> Have you checked also that the IDL files contains a library statement ? I
> would try with a simple dummy file to make sure...
>
> Sorry for the poor help but it's been a while since I last used MIDL...
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1163007729.369453.24***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> no, /newtlb is the default:
>
> /newtlb            Generate new format type libraries (default)
>
> i tried to specify it explitly but nothing...
>
> Patrice wrote:
>
> > This is just the default for the compiler. If you want a TLB file you'll
> > need to use the appropriate command line option. Don't remember but from
> > the
> > doc I believe the /newtlb switch could be enought...
> >
> > You'll find the MIDL documentation at :
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/midl/midl/using_the_midl_compiler_2.asp
> >
> > If it works it could be likely quicker than converting the IDL file to
> > C#
> > (though the syntax have some similarity and is likely inspired from
> > IDL).
> >
> > --
> > Patrice
> >
> > "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> > 1163004700.613920.156***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> > > and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> > > or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> > > it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> > > it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> > > urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> > > ok! What can i do?
> > > thanks in advance
> > >

> This is the statement that defines a type library and it seems to be missing
> from this IDL file.
>
> Are you use you need a "class" from this file. If a STDAPI call, it could be
> simpler after all ;-) to use DllImport to declare the function you need.
>
> You may want also to explain what exactly you are trying to do in case
> someone would have an alternate simpler way of doing this than using URLMon.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1163009344.620565.36***@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> what's a library statement? how can i add it? if you are interested the
> file is urlmon.idl
> here's a link to a copy of that file:
> http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/7Bb2Gz51.html
>
> Patrice wrote:
>
> > Have you checked also that the IDL files contains a library statement ? I
> > would try with a simple dummy file to make sure...
> >
> > Sorry for the poor help but it's been a while since I last used MIDL...
> >
> > --
> > Patrice
> >
> > "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> > 1163007729.369453.24***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > no, /newtlb is the default:
> >
> > /newtlb            Generate new format type libraries (default)
> >
> > i tried to specify it explitly but nothing...
> >
> > Patrice wrote:
> >
> > > This is just the default for the compiler. If you want a TLB file you'll
> > > need to use the appropriate command line option. Don't remember but from
> > > the
> > > doc I believe the /newtlb switch could be enought...
> > >
> > > You'll find the MIDL documentation at :
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/midl/midl/using_the_midl_compiler_2.asp
> > >
> > > If it works it could be likely quicker than converting the IDL file to
> > > C#
> > > (though the syntax have some similarity and is likely inspired from
> > > IDL).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Patrice
> > >
> > > "VeNoM00" <venom.zero.z***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> > > 1163004700.613920.156***@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > i need to use some classes defined inside urlmon.dll, i have its idl
> > > > and c++ (.h file) definitions and i need to convert one of them to C#
> > > > or to a type library (tlb). i also have urlmon.lib but i don't know if
> > > > it could be useful. I tried to use midl.exe to convert idl to tlb but
> > > > it dosen't creates any TLB file! just some c++ files like urlmon.h,
> > > > urlmon_i.c, dlldata.c and urlmon_p.c. And MIDL says that everything is
> > > > ok! What can i do?
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > >

> >i need to use the interface IInternteSession and many others... :/ i'm
> >trying to create a mime filter for ie in c# (actually in vb.net but the
> >language doesn't matter).
>
> I wouldn't recommend doing that in managed code. The reason is the
> same as for shell extensions. The filter may be loaded into processes
> that don't expect managed code to run, or that may already have loaded
> an incompatible version of the CLR.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2005/11/18/494572.aspx
>
>
> Mattias
>
> --
> Mattias Sjögren [C# MVP]  mattias @ mvps.org
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