2 .TH WIDL 1 "October 2007" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "Wine Developers Manual"
4 widl \- Wine Interface Definition Language (IDL) compiler
7 [\fIoptions\fR] \fIinfile\fR.idl
10 [\fIoptions\fR] \fB--dlldata-only\fR \fIname1\fR [\fIname2\fR ...]
12 When no options are used the program will generate a header file, and possibly
13 client and server stubs, proxy and dlldata files, a typelib, and a UUID file,
14 depending on the contents of the IDL file. If any of the options \fB-c\fR,
15 \fB-h\fR, \fB-p\fR, \fB-s\fR, \fB-t\fR, \fB-u\fR, or \fB--local-stubs\fR are given,
17 will only generate the requested files, and no others. When run with
18 \fB--dlldata-only\fR, widl will only generate a dlldata file, and it will
19 contain a list of the names passed as arguments. Usually the way this file
20 is updated is that each time
22 is run, it reads any existing dlldata file, and if necessary regenerates it
23 with the same list of names, but with the present proxy file included.
25 When run without any arguments,
27 will print a help message.
33 Print version number and exit.
34 .IP "\fB-o, --output=\fIname"
35 Set the name of the output file. When generating multiple output
36 files, this sets only the base name of the file; the respective output
37 files are then named \fIname\fR.h, \fIname\fR_p.c, etc.
38 .IP "\fB-b \fIcpu-manufacturer[-kernel]-os\fR"
39 Set the target architecture when cross-compiling. The target
40 specification is in the standard autoconf format as returned by
45 Generate header files. The default output filename is \fIinfile\fB.h\fR.
46 .IP "\fB--oldnames\fR"
47 Use old naming conventions.
49 .B Type library options:
51 Generate a type library. The default output filename is
52 \fIinfile\fB.tlb\fR. If the output file name ends in \fB.res\fR, a
53 binary resource file containing the type library is generated instead.
54 .IP "\fB-m32, -m64\fR"
55 Generate a Win32, respectively Win64, type library.
59 Generate a UUID file. The default output filename is \fIinfile\fB_i.c\fR.
61 .B Proxy/stub generation options:
63 Generate a client stub file. The default output filename is \fIinfile\fB_c.c\fR.
65 Generate inline stubs.
67 Generate old-style interpreted stubs.
68 .IP "\fB-Oif, -Oic, -Oicf\fR"
69 Generate new-style fully interpreted stubs.
71 Generate a proxy. The default output filename is \fIinfile\fB_p.c\fR.
72 .IP "\fB--prefix-all=\fIprefix\fR"
73 Prefix to put on the name of both client and server stubs.
74 .IP "\fB--prefix-client=\fIprefix\fR"
75 Prefix to put on the name of client stubs.
76 .IP "\fB--prefix-server=\fIprefix\fR"
77 Prefix to put on the name of server stubs.
79 Generate a server stub file. The default output filename is
81 .IP "\fB--win32, --win64\fR"
82 Only generate 32-bit, respectively 64-bit code (the default is to
83 generate both 32-bit and 64-bit versions into the same destination
86 .B Registration script options:
88 Generate a registration script. The default output filename is
89 \fIinfile\fB_r.rgs\fR. If the output file name ends in \fB.res\fR, a
90 binary resource file containing the script is generated instead.
92 .B Dlldata file options:
93 .IP "\fB--dlldata-only\fI name1 [name2...]"
94 Regenerate the dlldata file from scratch using the specified proxy
95 names. The default output filename is \fBdlldata.c\fR.
97 .B Preprocessor options:
98 .IP "\fB-I \fIpath\fR"
99 Add a header search directory to path. Multiple search
100 directories are allowed.
101 .IP "\fB-D \fIid\fR[=\fIval\fR]"
102 Define preprocessor macro \fIid\fR with value \fIval\fR.
106 Do not preprocess input.
110 Enable pedantic warnings.
112 Set debug level to the non negative integer \fIn\fR. If
113 prefixed with \fB0x\fR, it will be interpreted as an hexadecimal
114 number. For the meaning of values, see the \fBDebug\fR section.
116 .B Miscellaneous options:
117 .IP "\fB--local-stubs=\fIfile\fR"
118 Generate empty stubs for call_as/local methods in an object interface and
119 write them to \fIfile\fR.
122 Debug level \fIn\fR is a bitmask with the following meaning:
123 * 0x01 Tell which resource is parsed (verbose mode)
124 * 0x02 Dump internal structures
125 * 0x04 Create a parser trace (yydebug=1)
126 * 0x08 Preprocessor messages
127 * 0x10 Preprocessor lex messages
128 * 0x20 Preprocessor yacc trace
131 is incomplete. Please file bug reports for this application at
132 .I http://bugs.winehq.org.
135 was originally written by Ove Kaaven. It has been improved by Rob Shearman,
136 Dan Hipschman, and others. For a complete list, see the git commit logs.
137 This man page was originally written by Hannu Valtonen and then updated by
140 The Winelib User Guide
142 The Wine Developers Guide