Subj : Re: Unresolved reference __turboFloat
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Sat Dec 04 2004 02:06 pm

> I did look up the list of groups available under
> newsgroups.borland.com and I don't see any
> newsgroup with the word "cppbuilder" in the name.

Click C++ Builder on this page:
  http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/

Or right click the newsgroups.borland.com line in the
left window of Outlook Express, select newgroups
and type cppbuilder  into the search edit control.
If none are found then the list is 7 or more years
out of date so select Reset List.

> This is what I am using:
>
> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\bcc32 -c -ff -o%1.obj %1.c

The "-o%1.obj" and "-ff" are redundant.  What they specifiy
is what would be done were they to not be given.

> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\ilink32 -aa -c -x -Gn
> -ltWC %1.obj <follow by a list of library I need...>
>
> If I do this instead, it links fine:
>
> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\bcc32 -tWC -ff -o%1.obj %1.c
> <follow by a list of library I need...>

That is missing the target type, the startup code. and the
name of the executable.

The "it links fine" example is to build a console mode
program but the /aa on the ilink32 line specifies a GUI
mode executable.  /ap is used to specify console mode.

Commas are missing so the libraries are listed as if they
were object files (although that is probably a typo from
what was actually used).

Putting each comma separated field on its own line to
defend against news reader wrapping a better command
might be that shown below.  The command should all be
on one line.

  --------------
  ilink32 /Tpe/ap/c/x/Gn c0x32 %1 ,
  %1 ,
  ,
  <your libraries> import32 cw32
  --------------

For a GUI program c0w32.obj is the startup code and for
a console mode program c0x32.obj is the startup code.

Either of / or - can be used for an option but / allows
them to be strung together without an intervening space.

/Tpe specifies that an executable is to be created.

Import32.lib is an import library for what Windows provides
and cw32.lib is the single-threaded runtime library.

The linker assumes the file extensions for any that are not
given in the file name, OBJ, LIB, DEF and RES for the
object file, library, module definition file and resource file
fields respectively.  The target file name is assumed to be
that of the first object file with an extension of EXE or DLL
depending upon the specified target type.  The map
file name is assumed to be that of the target file with
an extension of MAP.

If A.OBJ is to be built into a console mode program named
A.EXE using a user-supplied library of B.LIB then a command
line to link to A.EXE would be:

ilink32 /Tpe/ap/c/x/Gn c0x32 a,a,,b import32 cw32

..  Ed

> It's me wrote in message
> news:41b1fd8e$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Thank you for the reply.
>
> I did look up the list of groups available under
> newsgroups.borland.com and I don't see any newsgroup
> with the word "cppbuilder" in the name.
>
> This is what I am using:
>
> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\bcc32 -c -ff -o%1.obj %1.c
> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\ilink32 -aa -c -x -Gn -ltWC
> %1.obj <follow by a list of library I need...>
>
> This produces the "Unresolved reference __turboFloat"
> message.
>
> If I do this instead, it links fine:
>
> E:\Borland\BCC55\Bin\bcc32 -tWC -ff -o%1.obj %1.c
> <follow by a list of library I need...>
>
> Thanks for helping.

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