Skipping IDL to TypeSupport generation

[begleysm]

Is there any easy way to bypass the generation of TypeSupport from IDL and just use an existing TypeSupport.cs file?

I want to be able to build and run my C# GUI in an environment that doesn't actually have/support OpenDDS (the OpenDDS communications won't be used). I just want to be able to build without OpenDDSharp wanting to use all of the DDS/ACE/TAO infrastructure to build the TypeSupport.cs file.

[jmmorato]

I think that's more a solution project structure question than OpenDDSharp library, but here my advice:

• Create a new solution configuration for the environment that does not support OpenDDS
• Add a project constant for that configuration in order to be checked by the preprocessor
• Uncheck the projects not required to build
• Ensure that TypeSupport.cs (copied from another build for example)
• Wrap the OpenDDSharp specific code with #if...#endif blocks in your GUI application

Could that work for you?

[begleysm]

That makes sense. It does sound like it would work. Thanks, we'll try that.