Re: Creating DLL's for use with MSVC

[Niklas Wallin]

Thanks for your answer Alejandro, I still can't get it right though.

class MyClass
{
public:
  MyClass();
  ~MyClass();
  int getValue();
  void setValue(int val);
private:
   int value_;
};


Try:

cc++ -shared -mno-cygwin -o mydll.dll mydll.cpp \
        -Wl,--out-implib=mydll.lib \
        -W1,--output-def=mydll.def \
        -W1,--export-all-symbols \
        -Wl,--enable-auto-import \
        -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base \
        -Wl,--compat-implib \
        -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias \
        -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup
Ok, the .def file then looks like this:

EXPORTS
    _ZN7MyClass8getValueEv @1
    _ZN7MyClass8setValueEi @2
    _ZN7MyClassC1Ev @3
    _ZN7MyClassC2Ev @4
    _ZN7MyClassD1Ev @5
    _ZN7MyClassD2Ev @6


Yu should recycle recycle your def file. You see, it will contain a
lot of unnecessary symbols, so... After you have obtained a def file
above, edit it to include only the symbols you really need exported
and include it in your project for future use. Then you can do:
I guess I don't have to edit this file

cc++ -shared -mno-cygwin -o mydll.dll mydll.cpp mydll.def \
        -Wl,--out-implib=mydll.lib \
        -Wl,--compat-implib \
        -Wl,--enable-auto-import \
        -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base \
        -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias \
        -Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup
To obtain a well behaved dll and a (probably?) usable import library.

If the .dll and .lib file is correct I can't tell. When I try to link 
the .lib file with an MSVC executable it still can't find the 
references. I am not sure what to expect, should the lib, def and dll 
contain Cygwin decorated symbols (which is the case now) or the MSVC 
symbols? Or do I have to add any flags to the MSVC linker (compiler) to 
solve the name differences?

/ Niklas

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