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In article <1992Jul23.194513.14047@Princeton.EDU> bstango@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
 (Bob T. Stango) writes:
+
+OK PROGRAMMERS. Here is my situation. Using QuickBASIC 4.5. I have one
+main program and three sub programs. I want to link the three sub
+programs to the main program and then compile them into one large .exe
+file. Using lib to make a library with the three object files seems to
+work ok. After linking the .lib file with the main program and creating
+an .exe file, it then chokes trying to do one of the sub functions. I
+think all variables are defined properly. Am I going about this wrong?
+Any help apreciated.
+
+Bob Stango
+========================---------------------===========================
Two possibilities occur to me quickly...
     1-   load you main module with the other two configured for inclusion
via the $INCLUDE metacommand.  See your manual or on-line help for the details 
on that.  From there you should be able to compile all together.

     2-   you may have just a little bit of sloppy programming.  This happened 
to me once and the way I got around it was to re-think my approach to the 
problem at hand and essentially re-write the module using better coding 
practices.  Even the best of us get sloppy so I'm not at all surprised to have 
problems.  I usually format most of my code as it hits the keyboard and debug 
as I go.  Risky as hell but it works for me!

Keith.
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In article <1992Jul23.194513.14047@Princeton.EDU> bstango@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bob T. Stango) writes:
>
>OK PROGRAMMERS. Here is my situation. Using QuickBASIC 4.5. I have one
>main program and three sub programs. 

I'm a bit uncertain about what you mean here. Do you mean one main program
and three actual SUBs, or one program and three separate *modules* with
their own global variables and multiple SUBs, FUNCTIONs, et cetera?

I want to link the three sub
>programs to the main program and then compile them into one large .exe
>file. Using lib to make a library with the three object files seems to
>work ok. After linking the .lib file with the main program and creating
>an .exe file, it then chokes trying to do one of the sub functions. I
>think all variables are defined properly. Am I going about this wrong?
>Any help apreciated.

Well, if all you want is to be able to use SUBs, they can go in the same file
with your main program. But I would assume you know this.

You can build your program in the environment, probably. Is there a reason
why you're doing this from the command line?

Give me more information on what exactly you're doing, and I can probably
help you out of the woods. Either of the things I think you might have
meant (grin) are doable, but I need to know which and to have some idea
what sort of syntax you're using so far.



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In article <1992Jul23.194513.14047@Princeton.EDU>, bstango@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bob T. Stango) writes:
> 
> I want to link the three sub
> programs to the main program and then compile them into one large .exe
> file. [...] After linking the .lib file with the main program and creating
> an .exe file, it then chokes trying to do one of the sub functions. I
> think all variables are defined properly.
> 
> Bob Stango

One suggestion:  be sure you have declared the modules in your main
program.  Build the three subprograms into a quick library and you can
test this all out in the quick environment.  It will tell you quickly
if you are missing the declarations.

H.

-- 
Howard Neuwirth-Hirsch

neuwirth@ficc.ferranti.com

In article <1992Jul24.152317.28957@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dhiggs@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Unrecoverable Application Error) writes:
>In article <1992Jul23.194513.14047@Princeton.EDU> bstango@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
> (Bob T. Stango) writes:
>+
>+OK PROGRAMMERS. Here is my situation. Using QuickBASIC 4.5. I have one
>+main program and three sub programs. I want to link the three sub
>+programs to the main program and then compile them into one large .exe
>+file. Using lib to make a library with the three object files seems to
>+work ok. After linking the .lib file with the main program and creating
>+an .exe file, it then chokes trying to do one of the sub functions. I
>+think all variables are defined properly. Am I going about this wrong?
>+Any help apreciated.
>+
>+Bob Stango
>+========================---------------------===========================
>Two possibilities occur to me quickly...
>     1-   load you main module with the other two configured for inclusion
>via the $INCLUDE metacommand.  See your manual or on-line help for the details 
>on that.  From there you should be able to compile all together.
>

You should never, ever, ever use the include statement to bring in 
executable code.  This should be reserved for typedefs, declares, static
variable declarations, defint's etc.  Bringing in executable code can
lead to nightmarish debugging problems.

Phil Cooper

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