Subj : Re: Using a VC6.0 lib with Borland C 3.0 for dos
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp,borland.public.cpp.language
From : thelaery@hotpop.com (Laery)
Date : Wed Dec 10 2003 01:34 am

Hi,

Thanks for the respone.

I've downloaded the free commandline 5.5 from borland but it gives me
the 0x21 error, COFF2OMF didn't help.

Regards
Géry
Gerhard Wolfstieg <Wolfstieg@t-online.de> wrote in message news:<br1rnt$780$01$1@news.t-online.com>...
> 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
> 
> I could not see in Firebird wuthout cookies.
> 
> > 
> > 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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