Commands are available to generate an RPC client or RPC server from a specified IDL file.
This document covers the following topics:
See Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode for the general command-line syntax. The table below shows the command-line options for the C Wrapper if the Workbench is used. Default values are underlined.
| Task | Command | Option | Value | Description | ||||
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| Generate RPC client from the specified IDL file. | -c:client |
-DATA_CONV_NP |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type P, PU, N and NU fields.
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-DATA_CONV_A |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type A fields.
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-DATA_CONV_U |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type U fields.
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-CONTEXT |
0 | 1 | Multithread client.
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-help |
Display this usage message. | |||||||
| Generate RPC server from the specified IDL file. | -c:server | -DATA_CONV_NP |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type N, P, NU and PU fields, for more information see above. | ||||
-DATA_CONV_A |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type A fields, for more information see above. | ||||||
-DATA_CONV_U |
0 | 1 | Mapping of IDL type U fields, for more information see above. | ||||||
-help |
Display this usage message. |
Note:
The commands -"C:Generate client" and
-"C:Generate server" are deprecated. Use c:client and
c:server instead.
<workbench> -c:client /Demo/example.idl -DATA_CONV_A 1
where <workbench> is a placeholder for the actual Workbench starter as described under Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode.
The generated C source files (client interface object and its associated header file)
will be stored in parallel to the IDL file, for example in project Demo.
will overwrite existing files from a previous command-line mode generation.
<workbench> -c:server /Demo/example.idl -DATA_CONV_A 1
where <workbench> is a placeholder for the actual Workbench starter as described under Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode.
The generated C source files (server interface object and its associated header file)
will be stored in parallel to the IDL file, for example in project Demo
will overwrite existing files from a previous command-line mode generation.
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Warning: Take care not to overwrite an existing server implementation with a server skeleton. We recommend you move your server implementation to a different folder, or rename the server implementation. |
<workbench> -c:client C:\Temp\example.idl
Uses the IDL file C:\Temp\example.idl and generates the C source files (CEXAMPLE.c and CEXAMPLE.h) in parallel to the IDL file. Slashes and backslashes are permitted in the file name. Output to standard output:
Using workspace file:/C:/myWorkspace/. Exit value: 0
<workbench> -c:client -help
or
<workbench> -help -c:client
Both show a short help for the C Wrapper.
<workbench> -c:client /Demo/example.idl
If the project Demo exists in the workspace and example.idl exists in this project, this file is used. Otherwise, /Demo/example.idl is used from file system. The generated output (CEXAMPLE.c and CEXAMPLE.h) will be stored in /Demo, parallel to the IDL file.
<workbench> -c:client -help
or
<workbench> -help -c:client
Both show a short help for the C Wrapper.
