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Subject: Re: [SWIPL] Extensions to ActiveX DLL
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At 14:47 27/09/01 +0100, Paul Singleton wrote:
>Philip Warner wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Douglas R. Miles, I now have the source for the ActiveX DLL for
>> SWIPL; I would be interested in comments from anybody who has used (or
>> considered using) the library. 
>
>
>I considered using this, but concluded that the way it converted ActiveX 
>data values (and object refs) to and from Prolog was inconsistent.
>
>I spent a lot of time reimplementing it, but eventually gave up, 
>deciding I was unlikely ever to finish it :-) (in any sense, but 
>especially, produce something useful and memory-safe)
>

Are we talking at cross-purposes here? Your comments seem to relate to the
ActiveX integration into SWIPL, whereas I am talking about the PROLOG.DLL
library for accessing prdicates via ActiveX? Or have I missed something?


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