Subj : Re: creating 16 bit library
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Jogy
Date : Thu Jun 03 2004 10:37 am

Dparker wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 


Hello,

I don't think you can use directly BCC to create a .LIB file.

With BCC you compile an .obj file, and then you can use the TLIB utility
to put it in a .LIB file.

It will be easier to do it from the IDE, not the command line.



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