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<p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I couldn’t find much
documentation of UserCodeLibrary attributes in the GReAT User manual. In fact,
the only documentation I found for the feature was, “<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>UserCodeLibrary<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span>contains
the additional user predefined library files, include files and the
corresponding directories.” </font>Maybe we could document here exactly
how this feature works.<font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There are four fields that can be filled in to include
external code in a GReAT transformation:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Include
files?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Library
Files?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Include
Directories?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Library
Directories?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, what are the answers to the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What exactly is the purpose of
each of these fields?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Does the purpose or
interpretation of some of the fields change based on whether one uses the
GRE or the CG?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What is the effect of
whitespace in the different fields? Does it act as an entry delimiter?
Does it cause strange errors to have whitespace in a path name?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In which fields are quotation
marks around paths expected, and in which are they disallowed? In which
are they optional? If I place quotation marks around a path name, is it
always okay for that path name to include whitespace?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What delimiters should we use
if, for instance, we need to reference multiple files in “Include
files?”?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>At this point, I do not know how to reliably generate a
working project file/make file using any of the UserCodeLibrary fields, except
by including a single header file per UserCodeLibrary atom (using only the “Include
files?” field) and copying the needed files into either the CG project
directory or the GReAT\tmp directory. Obviously, this means I can’t
really distribute a GReAT project to others in such a way that they can build a
transformation using the CG or the GRE without copying around files or editing
the library header files I provide depending on what they want to do. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Some documentation of how this feature works would really
help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>--Matt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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