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Article #43Re: How do I link a library to my program??
From: Kurt Watzka
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 11:48
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 11:48
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Kiran Muglurmath <kiranm@fnx.com.au> writes: >> In article <313d3c58.4431866@news.csus.edu>, wleong@sfsu.edu says... >> > >> > I have been given a library file (winsock.lib) which contains >> >routines that I need to use in my program. But even if I include it >> >in my project file, linker still couldn't find the routines in the >> >lib. Somehow I am under the impression that I need to call certain >> >functions in my progam in order to load the library into the module. >If the library in question is an import library for a DLL, then you must >also set the link flag to Dynamic linking in TargetExpert. If it is set >to Static linking, you will see the same symptoms you described. Neither our Watcom 10.5 nor the brand new Visual C++ 4.0 compilers have a TargetExpert. Have I missed a significant extension to the definition of the C programming language, or is this answer limited to a special implementation that the original poster may or may not have? If you post "solutions" that are limited to _one_ implementation of a language, at least say so in your "answer". Kurt -- | Kurt Watzka Phone : +49-89-2180-6254 | watzka@stat.uni-muenchen.de | ua302aa@sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!lrz-muenchen.de!news From: watzka@stat.uni-muenchen.de (Kurt Watzka) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: How do I link a library to my program?? Date: 7 Mar 1996 11:48:48 GMT Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4hmif0$kff@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <313d3c58.4431866@news.csus.edu> <4hkj89$iql@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <313E7F15.FF6D5DF@fnx.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sun2.lrz-muenchen.de