Generating a RODL Resource File Delphi ROSDK9

Remoting SDK
1

I generate several RODL files (without the servicebuilder) which then are combined into a main RODL file to serve all services together.

With version ROSDK8 I use the RODL.exe to generate the resource file using code like the following:

aShellString := Format(‘/language:res /type:intf /rodl:“%s” /out:“%s”’,
[aRODLFileName,aResourceFileName]);
ShellExecute(Application.Handle, nil, ‘C:\RemObjects\RemObjects SDK (Common)\Bin\RODL.exe’,
PWideChar(aShellString), nil, 0);

How can i generate the resource file with ROSDK9?

Thanks,

Agustín.

2

You can use uROCodegen4Helper.pas.

sample is attached in rodl2code / Invoker and Impl? topic

3

I see no option for generation of resource files.

What I am tryin to achieve is what the compiler option

{#ROGEN:LibraryName.rodl}

does in order to generate the

RODLFile.res

The resource file generation is part of a build procedure, therefore i want to keep the generation outside the Delphi project.

4

you can use WriteRES from uROResWriter.pas as

  resdata := TFileStream.Create(resname, fmCreate);
  rodldata := TFileStream.Create(RODLFileName, fmOpenRead + fmShareDenyNone);
  rodldata.Position := 0;
  try
    WriteRES(rodldata, resdata, res_RODLFile);
  finally
    rodldata.Free;
    resdata.Free;
  end;

or GenerateRESFromRODL from uROIDETools.pas

5

Evgenyk,

If I use the method proposed, the library uses are not expanded.

I get a lot of “Use” in my RODL resource file but no structures, arrays, services, etc.

Do you have another idea?

6

rodl.exe contains this code:

procedure RodlToRes;
var
  lxml: TRODLToXML;
  ltemp: TMemoryStream;
begin
  lxml := TRODLToXML.Create(nil, true);
  ltemp := TMemoryStream.Create;
  try
    lxml.Convert(lRodl);
    lxml.Buffer.SaveToStream(ltemp);
    ltemp.seek(0, soFromBeginning);
    WriteRES(lTemp, lOutstream, 'RODLFILE');
  finally
    lxml.Free;
    lTemp.free;
  end;
end;


      lRodl := TRodlLibrary.Create;
      lOutstream :=  TFileStream.Create(lOutfile, fmCreate);
      try
        with TXMLToRODL.Create do
        begin
          LoadFileToLibrary(lInfile, lRodl);
          Free;
        end;
        RodlToRes;
7

Thanks EvgenyK, it works.

8

or just use rodl2code.exe?

9

@mh I cant see anything on the rodl2code commandline help that suggests you can generate the .res file from a .rodl file. Can you explain the usage.

10

Rodl2code generates code from RODL, not res files. My apologies, I misread your original request.