Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:27:30 -0400, Chris Andrews wrote: > I'm working on a wrapper to a C dll and I think that I'll need to create a > .lib file eventually to connect my D code to the C library. > > I've experimented with this a little, including using ipmlib to create the > lib, which creates a lib but not one that works right (I think it mangles the > names wrong.) However, the excellent linkdef tool works to create a good > .def which allows implib to create a proper lib. > > Still, that seems a fussy way to build this: write it wrong, break it, use > linkdef and implib to fix it. I have the source code for that dll, so what > I'm wondering is, can I just use some other DM tools (DMC?) to compile that C > code and get a proper .lib from that?
Use coffimplib on your regular .lib file: http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/coffimplib.html Get it at ftp.digitalmars.com. I'm advertising coffimplib so much that I probably need a badge already, "Want to create an import library? Ask me how!"
