"Lars Uffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Posted to gnu.g++.help, F'Up set also > > Mike Wahler wrote: >> Usually an API (aka 'library') is provided with headers to include >> in your source, along with a library file containing compiled code >> that you link with your executable. > > Well - the headers are there, the library file is a *.lib, apparently > compiled in Visual C++. Are such library-files compiler-independant > formatted?
They can be. They are certainly platform-specific. >> Somewhere there needs to be a file (either source or compiled) >> that contains the implementation of the function 'UplinkUserCommand()'. > > Yes of course - I was expecting that this was the dll-files in > %WINDIR%\system32 - however I have no idea how to tell the linker to look > for the function in a dll That's really getting further outside the scope of this group. Find a place where your compiler/linker package is discussed. > (Only now occured to me, because I have used dlls before, but those abode > by a name schema so that I could use -lxerces for example). Guess I will > have to ask in a gnu newsgroup? If you're using a gnu compiler, then yes. > >> This is usually a file called an 'object file' or 'library file' >> (compiled code). Include it in the list of files submitted to your >> linker. If the source is provided, then of course it must first be >> compiled as well. > > I have the *.lib from Visual C++ (I suppose thats VC++'s *incompatible* > equivalent of gnu's .a object files?) and the *.dll files. Can I use the > dll-files for linking? From what I know it should be possible... Now if I > only knew how to tell that to my linker... See your documentation, or it's vendors forums if there are any, or a newsgroup about your compiler/linker. If you're using a MS compiler, msdn.microsoft.com has a plethora of support info. -Mike _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
