Subj : Re: LIB to DLL
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Sat May 08 2004 12:56 pm

The easiest way is to write a DLL using the source code for the items
in the libraries.

If you do not have source:

I assume that you are speaking of static libraries containing 32 bit
code that was compiled with Borland's compiler.  You can get a list of
the object file that each library contains and the public symbols it
supplies with a command like this.

  tlib /C libname.LIB , libname.LST

You can extract object files from the library like this:

  tlib /C libname.LIB *objname1 *objname2 *objname3

You will need to write a small source file in which the function
DllEntryPoint is supplied.  The Windows help, win32.hlp, describes
what that function must do.

Write a module definition file in which the functions that the DLL is
to export are listed in the EXPORTS section.

You will need to decide if you wish the DLL to use the static or
dynamic versions of the runtime library.

Create a DLL project listing the source file, all the object files and
the module definition file and build it.

..  Ed

> Richard Beilby wrote in message
> news:409CEBC6.74A13983@NoSpam.co.uk...
>
> I have some LIB files that I would like to use from a
> Win 32 application. Is there a way I can convert or
> encapsulate the LIB file into a DLL? I have Borland
> C++ 4.52 if this will do the job.

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