[Ace-users] [tao-users] Strange Logs message from TAO

[Adam Mitz]

Hi Olivier,

Olivier Brunet wrote:
>
> Quick PRF:
>
> Windows Vista x64, ACE+TAO x.6.2
> Windows XP SP2 x86, ACE+TAO x.6.2
> Linux Mandriva 2008 x86, ACE+TAO x.6.2
>
> Everytime I start a TAO ORB, I got these error messages:
>
> 3752 -- 20080122-18:44:53 3 ACE (3756|3752) LN::open_dll - Failed to 
> open TAO_PI: Error: check log for details.
>
>      3752 -- 20080122-18:44:53 3 ACE (3756|3752) Unable to create 
> service object for ORBInitializer_Registry
>
>
> (My appli runs fine anyway so this question is just to keep me 
> intellectually happy)
>
>
>   

It is looking to load TAO_PI.dll or libTAO_PI.so dynamically 
(LoadLibrary / dlopen).  If they're not present then it will continue 
unless you need Portable Interceptors support.

> I use the following statements to configure the ORB:
> [snip]
>
> And my App loads the following DLL (plus ACE):
> TAO.dll
> TAO_AnyTypeCode.dll
> TAO_Codeset.dll (this one is not explictly linked, but is dynamically 
> loaded by the TAO core)
> TAO_IORTable.dll
> TAO_PortableServer.dll
>
>
> My questions:
> How to not have these 2 log lines (on every platform) ?
>   

Either build TAO_PI.dll or disable interceptor support completely at 
build time.

> And is it possible to use the POA (portableserver.dll) without 
> AnyTypeCode.dll (compile time define maybe ?) ?
>
>   
No, portableserver has a link-time dependency on anytypecode.  
Theoretically we should be able to eliminate this dependency in a 
CORBA/e Micro build but I do not believe TAO currently does so.  If you 
are interested in funding this, consider contacting one of the 
commercial support companies 
(http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html).


Thanks,
Adam Mitz
Software Engineer
Object Computing, Inc.