No Peter, it was not generated with VS2005. Like I said, I believe it was generated with VC++ 6.0 (I have also received same sample projects and they appeared to be developed in VC++ 6.0). I don't have the code to recompile it. The distributable ".dll" file is all I have.
Looking closer at the error generated: error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A00000C) "int __cdecl ObjectCreate(char *,char,char *,int *)" (?ObjectCreate@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]) referenced in function "public: bool __clrcall WrapClass::Class1::SomeMethod(void)" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@WrapClass@@$$FQ$AAM_NXZ) I can see that the ObjectCreatemethod (implemented in the native .dll) has a "__cdecl" calling convention whereas my VS2005 method WrapClass::Class1::SomeMethod has it as "__clrcall". Since the CLR Support is set to "/clr" (there is no way to set it to anything else) I believe it overwrites the calling convention selected. I'll keep digging. All the Internet resources I read so far don't talk about linking the actual native ".dll" into your Managed C++ Project. Thanks, Eddie -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Ritchie Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Linking an unmanaged C++ .dll in a VS.NET 2005 Managed C++ Class Library Is this a Visual Studio 2005 generated LIB file? Visual Studio is notoriously bad for supporting LIB files generated with a different Visual Studio version, especially LIBs for DLLs. On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:54:29 -0400, Eddie Lascu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello Experts, > >I have this third party .dll that was developed in Visual C++ 6.0. I have >the ".lib" file and also some header files to include in my project. I am >trying to wrap it into a Managed C++ Class Library developed in Visual >Studio.NET 2005. I picked Managed C++ because I read the interoperation is >easier from C++ than C# or VB.NET. >Anyway, I am getting linkage errors for virtually every call into the >library (LNK2028 paired with LNK2019). I have linked the ".lib" file and >made sure the ".dll" file is found in the local folder, but I still get >these linkage errors. >This library is quite old and I had to make some changes in the header files >to make them compile. I read about the myriad of compilation/linkage >directives and I am at loss with them. > >Are there any web recourses to guide me through all the steps that need to >be followed to get this to compile and link? >Any suggestion will be appreciated, =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
