Subj : Re: Using a VC6.0 lib with Borland C 3.0 for dos
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp,borland.public.cpp.language
From : Gerhard Wolfstieg <Wolfstieg@t-online.de>
Date : Mon Dec 08 2003 01:44 pm

Laery wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there away to convert a lib file generated with MS VC (probably
> 6.0) to a file that can be used by borland C(++) 3.0 for dos.
> I found this:
> http://groups.google.be/groups?hl=nl&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=
23esVu5TCAHA.253%40cppssbbsa05&rnum=40&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Duse%2Bmicrosoft
2Blib%2Bwith%2Bborland%2B3%26hl%3Dnl%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8
26start%3D30%26sa%3DN

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> 
> But it didn't work: "no exports" is the message the borland functions
> return.
> 
> The application needs to run on devices running dos on a 80386 CPU
> with 640KB of ram and 2MB of storage card.
> 
> If realy necessary I could compile my application using Borland C++
> 5.01 but only as a last resort if it can not be done with 3.0.

Before the last resort you can try to use the functions not from *.lib but
from *.dll. It definitely does not work with 3.0 or 5.0x and *.lib; You can
bind [VC].lib with BC 5.5 or from BCB 4.0 on.

        gw

> 
> 
> Regards
> Laery

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