Subj : creating 16 bit library
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Dparker
Date : Tue Jun 01 2004 03:09 pm

I am porting a program from MSVC 1.52 to Borland 5.02. I use the command
line to compile. I used TLIB to create a library of functions (tf6lib.lib).
My main() function is in tf6.cpp.

When I type BCC -w- tf6.cpp tf6lib.lib

The program appears to compile correctly then shows a message indicating
Turbo Link is running. Everything ends with no error messages. This program
when compiled under MSVC 1.52 did not use the library I created, but instead
included those functions in header files.

The MSVC 1.52 version that included the files instead of calling them as
library functions creates an .exe over 230K.
The Borland 5.02 version that calls those files as library functions creates
an .exe that is just over 30K.

Since there are functions called from main() that I have yet to incorporate
into the .lib file, I know that it can't be linking correctly because those
functions don't exist except as prototypes. This is my first attempt at
trying to create a .lib and link it in. Is there any good references out
there that can help guide me?

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