Subj : Linking a lib file
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Steven Harris
Date : Fri May 21 2004 10:26 am

Im having problems linking a .lib file into my code. I keep getting the
linker error 'unresolved external'.

My question is, basically, if I have a C file called mymain.c which calls a
function defined in a lib file called mymessage.lib then how can I compile
and link (free borland command line compiler bcc32 and linker ilink32) this
without getting an unresolved external linker error.

The function in mymessage.h is defined as:
extern void outputMsg(void);

mymessage.lib is a library I have built myself so it may be that im not
doing this correctly. If I just compile the mymessage.obj file then compile
both mymain.c and mymessage.obj then it works fine. But I want to be able to
use the lib file.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
    Steven

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