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+#*************************************************************************
+#
+#   OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+#
+#   $RCSfile: makefile.mk,v $
+#
+#   $Revision: 1.2 $
+#
+#   last change: $Author: vg $ $Date: 2007-12-07 11:18:03 $
+#
+#   The Contents of this file are made available subject to
+#   the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
+#
+#
+#     GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+#     =============================================
+#     Copyright 2005 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+#     901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
+#
+#     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#     License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+#     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#     Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+#     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+#     MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+#*************************************************************************
+TARGET=genconstidl
+PRJ=..
+PRJNAME=oovbaapi
+
+# --- Settings -----------------------------------------------------
+
+.INCLUDE : settings.mk
+
+.IF "$(ENABLE_VBA)"!="YES"
+dummy:
+        @echo "not building vba..."
+.ENDIF
+
+# symbol files of Microsoft API
+MYSYMFILES = access.api vba.api adodb.api msforms.api word.api dao.api powerpoint.api excel.api stdole.api
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MY_GEN_IDL_PATH=$(MISC)$/idl
+
+MYDONEFILES += $(foreach,i,$(MYSYMFILES) $(MISC)$/$(i:b).done)
+
+# --- Targets ------------------------------------------------------
+
+ALLTAR: GENIDL
+
+GENIDL : $(MY_GEN_IDL_PATH) $(MYDONEFILES)
+
+GENRDB : GENIDL $(MYURDFILES)
+
+$(MISC)$/%.done : %.api
+    @echo Processing $?
+    $(PERL) api-to-idl.pl $? $(MY_GEN_IDL_PATH)
+    @$(TOUCH) $@
+
+$(MY_GEN_IDL_PATH) : 
+    @@-$(MKDIR) $@
+
+CLEAN :
+    @$(RM) $(MY_GEN_IDL_PATH)$/*.idl
+    @$(RM) $(foreach,i,$(MYSYMFILES) $(MISC)$/$(i:b).done)
+