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In article <1992Sep4.125646.5789@unislc.uucp> edge@unislc.uucp (Brian Edginton) writes:
>I have picked up a project that is supplied with a
>toolkit that includes a library compiled and lib'd
>for use with Microsoft C 5.x.  I use Borland. Is 
>there a way I can link the library with my .o's
>or do I have to buy Microsoft?
>
>Thanks,
> edge
>
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Unfortunately, while the .OBJ format is compatible with Borland,
the libraries are not. I ran into this problem a couple of years
ago and both Borland and Microsoft place dependancies in their
library format that do not allow the other's linker to make use of
it. If some clever person has figured a way around this, or if
Borland and Microsoft have changed their proprietary habits, I
would be very interested to know as well.

...Paul

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furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:

>In article <1992Sep4.125646.5789@unislc.uucp> edge@unislc.uucp (Brian Edginton) writes:

[Wants to use MicroSoft libraries with Borland.]

>Unfortunately, while the .OBJ format is compatible with Borland,
>the libraries are not. I ran into this problem a couple of years
>ago and both Borland and Microsoft place dependancies in their
>library format that do not allow the other's linker to make use of
>it. If some clever person has figured a way around this, or if
>Borland and Microsoft have changed their proprietary habits, I
>would be very interested to know as well.

Just an idea: What about extracting the OBJ's from the library with
the LIB by MicroSoft and creating a new library using TLIB? Anyway, I
tried the PCNFS-Toolkit for MicroSoft C with Borland C 2.0, and it
worked without problems.

Wolfgang
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siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck)

In article <Bu59Cu.BLz@infoac.rmi.de> siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck) writes:
>furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Sep4.125646.5789@unislc.uucp> edge@unislc.uucp (Brian Edginton) writes:
>
>[Wants to use MicroSoft libraries with Borland.]
>
>>Unfortunately, while the .OBJ format is compatible with Borland,
>>the libraries are not. I ran into this problem a couple of years
>>ago and both Borland and Microsoft place dependancies in their
>>library format that do not allow the other's linker to make use of
>>it. If some clever person has figured a way around this, or if
>>Borland and Microsoft have changed their proprietary habits, I
>>would be very interested to know as well.
>
>Just an idea: What about extracting the OBJ's from the library with
>the LIB by MicroSoft and creating a new library using TLIB? Anyway, I
>tried the PCNFS-Toolkit for MicroSoft C with Borland C 2.0, and it
>worked without problems.
>
>Wolfgang
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>siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck)
>

Extractions do work, so long as the functions in question do mot
make any calls, or have dependancies upon Microsoft specific items
in any of the standard libraries. I have done this too on occasion
with ancillary libraries and it does work some of the time.

Paul

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