Subj : Re: coff2omf does not seem to work
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Sun Sep 05 2004 02:43 pm

The coff2omf.exe utility converts an import library for a DLL into a 
format usable by the linker.  It does not convert a static library, a 
library containing object files.  You cannot use object files created 
in the Microsoft format.

..  Ed

> Francesco Montorsi wrote in message
> news:413b1f60@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> I have to convert a library created with MSVC tools from COFF
> to OMF format to use it with ilink32 (I'm using the free command
> I've downloaded at
> http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html).
>
> I tried the command:
>
>   coff2omf mylib.lib mylib_omf.lib
>
> but I get a little file of 512 byte (the original lib is more than 
> 1Mb)....
> I tried to use first the MSVC lib utility:
>
>   lib /convert mylib.lib
> or
>   lib /out:try.lib /convert mylib.lib
>
> and then run the coff2omf utility, but I get always that 512 byte 
> file....
>
>
> How can I make coff2omf to work ?

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