The binding has been generated on Windows 7 SP1, with matthiasblaesing/TlbCodeGenerator (version 2017-04-17).

Generate COM libraries

1. Install Maven

   1. For example, download and extract apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip

   2. Setup PATH for mvn command, for example

       SET PATH=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\apache-maven-3.5.3\bin;%PATH%
      

2. Install TlbCodeGenerator to the local repository

   1. Check out the repository, for example

       git clone https://github.com/matthiasblaesing/TlbCodeGenerator.git
       cd TlbCodeGenerator
      

   2. Build and install, for example

       SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_171
       SET PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%
       mvn install
      

3. To find out GUID of the registered COMs

   1. In directory TlbCodeGenerator

       mvn eu.doppel_helix.jna.tlbcodegenerator:TlbCodeGenerator:list > ..\TlbCodeGenerator-list.txt
      

4. In parent directory

   1. Install the POM to the local repository

       mvn install
      

5. For each TLB (stdole, office, vbide, adodb, acedao, access)

   1. Generate the Java binding sources from the TLB

       mvn eu.doppel_helix.jna.tlbcodegenerator:TlbCodeGenerator:generate
      

   2. Install the Java binding to the local repository

       mvn install
      

Dependencies

1. Without vbide, access would contain for example in Reference.java

    @ComProperty(name = "Kind", dispId = 0x60020008)
    {{0002E157-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}-5-3}.vbext_RefKind getKind();
   

2. Without office, vbide would contain for example in VBE.java

    @ComProperty(name = "CommandBars", dispId = 0x6c)
    {{2DF8D04C-5BFA-101B-BDE5-00AA0044DE52}-2-5}.CommandBars getCommandBars();
   

3. Without stdole, office would contain for example in _CommandBars.java

    @ComMethod(name = "GetImageMso", dispId = 0x60030024)
    {{00020430-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}-2-0}.Picture GetImageMso(String idMso,
    		Integer Width,
    		Integer Height);
   

4. Without adodb, access would contain for example in _CurrentProject.java

    @ComProperty(name = "Connection", dispId = 0x8e2)
    {{00000205-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}-2-5}.Connection getConnection();
   

5. Without acedao, access would contain for example in _Application.java

    @ComProperty(name = "DBEngine", dispId = 0x83e)
    {{4AC9E1DA-5BAD-4AC7-86E3-24F4CDCECA28}-12-0}.DBEngine getDBEngine();
   

Scala support

This section is documented in case you want experiment with Scala instead of Java.

1. To support Scala, include the followings in pom.xml

    <plugin>
    	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    	<version>3.7.0</version>
    	<executions>
    		<execution>
    			<id>default-compile</id>
    			<phase>none</phase> <!-- disable the default java compiler -->
    		</execution>
    	</executions>
    </plugin>
   
    <plugin>
    	<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
    	<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    	<version>3.3.2</version>
    	<configuration>
    		<recompileMode>incremental</recompileMode> <!-- compile both Scala and Java sources -->
    	</configuration>
    	<executions>
    		<execution>
    			<goals>
    				<goal>compile</goal>
    				<goal>testCompile</goal>
    			</goals>
    		</execution>
    	</executions>
    </plugin>
   
    <dependency>
    	<groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
    	<artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
    	<version>2.12.5</version>
    </dependency>