Build ACE_TAO for cpp CORBA project

[AvengerGithub01]

Hi Team,
I am new to this technology and went through many examples and suggestions but unable to build the TAO_IDL which can be eventually used to build the IDLs for my CPP/JAVA project.

I even search through this portal, but could not find any link/discussion which can help to to get there.

My requirement:

1. Need to build the TAO to get TAO_IDL compiler
2. Use the compiled stub and skeleton in cpp client/server application.

I am using visual studio 2017 for this and so far tried with ACE_TAO code downloaded from hereTAO 2.2a Current.zip

Can someone please help me to find the steps to build and compile TAO and subsequently use it in cpp client/server application.

[mitza-oci]

I am new to this technology and went through many examples and suggestions but unable to build the TAO_IDL which can be eventually used to build the IDLs for my CPP/JAVA project.

What, exactly, did you try? What was the result of that attempt (copy and paste plain text error messages you encountered)?

[AvengerGithub01]

Thanks @mitza-oci .
Please find the steps i followed :

Tools used :
Visual studio 2015 professional
ACE TAO : 2.2
Doc : ACE and TAO developer guide

Ok.. I have used above setup. So far followed below steps:

1. Downloaded the ACE TAO zip from here
2. Extracted to C:\ACE_wrappers
3. Added ACE_ROOT and TAO_ROOT to env variable
4. Added the ace and tao path to Path variable
5. Build the TAO_ACE.sln

The solution got build successfully.

6. Creaded an IDL file using tao_idl.exe
7. Got stubs and skeleton files.

The structure looks like below:

8. Now created a folder in the same directoy and inside it, created a cpp console application(Server project)

9. Now added the paths of header file location from ACE_TAO->vc++->Additional include libraries
   10.Now added the paths of libs file location from ACE_TAO->Linker

Now building the code(Debug->win32 config)
It is not building. I am getting below a bunch of errors :

The most weird part is, most of the errors it is referring in .h/.cpp files in ACE_TAO but when i open the ACE_TAO.sln, then those errors doesn't appear.

Note : I followed this doc
TAO_Dev_Guide_2_2a_p7.pdf

Can you please help me to get this fixed.
Thanks a lot in advance.

[mitza-oci]

If you want to create VC++ projects on your own, then you will need to configure all of the relevant project settings in those projects. Besides the library names/locations and include paths, this includes preprocessor macros, compiler configuration, etc.

An alternative approach, which we tend to prefer, is to generate VC++ projects using MPC. All of the projects included in the ACE+TAO zip archive were created this way. A walk-through of using this approach for your own application is in the TAO Developer's Guide section 3.3 (specifically 3.3.6).

[AvengerGithub01]

It worked!! Thanks a lot. Now I have a working Server/Client application :-)