Hi Phil,
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but there's a lot more to lib
files than just coff/omf formatting. The object files inside need to be
linked against the correct runtime (probably MS's C++ RTL in this case),
etc. It's not just a matter of getting them in the right format for
Builder. The documentation's claim that the libs are 'usable by any win32
C/C++ application' is, unfortunately, bogus.
Generally if you have a lib-only distribution, it is specific to a
particular compiler... or at best, family of. You'll have to find something
else that does what you need, or beg the people that wrote it to produce a
DLL version or open the source to you so you can build the lib yourself.
On the other hand, if the lib is just an interface to a DLL, then you can
use implib.exe to create a borland-compatible library for it. The library
will handle run-time linking to the DLL, so you just have to have the DLL
somewhere the app can locate it at run - same dir as the exe, or installed
to the windows\system, or whatever.
HTH.
(And who knew I'd actually get to answer a question about MY favorite
compiler here? <G>)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Middlemiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: C++ Name mangling
> Max,
>
> while trying that, I discovered that the lib file that was generated by
> coff2omf resulted in a 1kb file from a 62kb file so it obviously didn't
> work. So, then using tlib (the borland equivalent of MS's library utility)
I
> tried to examine the .lib file. But tlib says that there is a bad header
in
> the lib file which I am assuming is just a compatibility issue.
>
> The documentation for the lib files says that they should be usable by any
> win32 C/C++ application. So I'm thinking there must just be a switch or
> directive to somehow get C++Builder to use it properly. The header for the
> lib file has the routine defined as:
>
> extern "C" {
> extern int __cdecl mobileCreateConnection(LPTHIS_CONNECTION connection);
> }
>
> Regards,
> Phil.
--
Corey Murtagh
The Electric Monk
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
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