Open a dos command console, change to <K2APP_Dir>\k2 and execute config.bat. (K2APP_DIR is the directory where you have installed K2 eg. C:\k2_ccm_server_1_1). This is to setup the necessary Environment for the current console window

Create a new empty project work space of type Win32 Dynamic Link Library. ( Let the project name be same as the component name).

Place your idl and cidl file in the project directory. (Assuming idl/cidl files are already created)

Run K2 IDL compiler to generate idl2 and its stubs and skeletons:

In the same command console where you run config.bat, go to the project directory where the idl/cidl files are available and execute the command

K2cidl <idlfilename> (The file which has the extension.idl)

Run K2 CIDL compiler to generate component executors and skeletons:

In the same command console, Type the command

K2cidl -impl-all --gen-desc <cidl file name> (The file with extension .cidl)

Note : If you already have the implementation created then donot use the flag -impl-all, because this flag generates the default implementation file (*_cimpl.cpp which is the default naming convention).

Add files *.cxx, *_skel.cxx, *_cimpl.cpp and *_cskel.cpp (these files would have generated from steps 4,5,and 6) to the Project Workspace. If your implementation file is named differently rather than *_cimpl.cpp and _cimpl.h, then add them to the project.

Go to settings from the project menu

Select C/C++ tab and add symbols

1. __ACE_INLINE__, TAO_ORB in the preprocessor definitions edit box.
2. Select MultiThreaded DLL from Code generation of category.
3. Select RTTI option from C++ Language of category.
4. Add <k2app_dir>\ACE_Wrappers, <k2app_dir>\ACE_Wrappers\TAO <k2app_dir>\k2\include , in Additional include directories edit box.

Select Link tab

1. Add
   CCM2cpp.lib K2Utils.lib K2idl2cpp.lib K2CCMCif.lib ace.lib tao.lib
   TAO_PortableServer.lib TAO_TypeCodeFactory.lib TAO_IFR_Client.lib
   TAO_DynamicInterface.lib
   Also add K2CCMUtils.lib for entity components.
   To Object/Library modules edit box.
2. Add
   <k2app_dir>\ACE_Wrappers\lib, <k2app_dir>\k2\lib, <k2app_dir>\ACE_Wrappers\bin
   To Additional libray path edit box.

Now select the Build menu and say ReBuild all to generate the component dll.

To make an archive

• Open a dos command window, change to PKG_DIR,
• run the config.bat from <k2app_dir>\k2 to setup the necessary Environment for the current console window
• run the packaging tool with the following command
  zippie -f <zipfilename> -a <dllfilename> <libfilename> *.k2d *.csd *.ccd *.dtd *.idl2

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• Developing in OMG's new MDA
  by Jon Seigel
  Director, Technology Transfer, OMG