On 11/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fernand</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:quarantedeux42@yahoo.fr">quarantedeux42@yahoo.fr</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi dear fellow ghc users,<br><br>I simply wanted to let people know that I apparently succeeded in<br>compiling&nbsp;&nbsp;a patched version of HDirect with GHC 6.8.1 (with typelibs<br>support).<br>At least, I could compile some of the examples and had very simple test
<br>programs launch/connect to Word and Excel using automation. I lack time<br>to really clean up the library (I did not made any Cabal patch and<br>currently directly link with the « .a » and « .o » of the various<br>modules), but feel free to contact me if you need some help to use
<br>hdirect with GHC 6.8.1.<br><br>Sincerely yours,<br><br>sL<br><br></blockquote></div><br>Hi Fernand,<br>
<br>
Congratulations! I once tried to compile HDirect with GHC 6.6.1 but
finally stopped trying after having made a bunch of unsuccessful modifications. It&#39;s just too bad this library is no more maintained.
Having a clean and maintained COM interface would be really valuable
for Haskell.<br>
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I would be interested in getting the patches for compiling HDirect with GHC 6.8.1.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Olivier.<br><br>