On 11/21/07, Fernand wrote:

Hi dear fellow ghc users,

I simply wanted to let people know that I apparently succeeded in compiling a patched version of HDirect with GHC 6.8.1 (with typelibs support). At least, I could compile some of the examples and had very simple test programs launch/connect to Word and Excel using automation. I lack time to really clean up the library (I did not made any Cabal patch and currently directly link with the « .a » and « .o » of the various modules), but feel free to contact me if you need some help to use hdirect with GHC 6.8.1.

Sincerely yours,

sL

Hi Fernand, 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's just too bad this library is no more maintained. Having a clean and maintained COM interface would be really valuable for Haskell. I would be interested in getting the patches for compiling HDirect with GHC 6.8.1. Cheers, Olivier.