link against .lib

Wed Oct 28 00:40:00 GMT 1998

gnu-win32 does not support the Borland product objects. Borland
objects are a different data format that MS product objects.
---T-ONLINE <schmolli@t-online.de> wrote:
>> I've got a linker-problem with a .lib that cannot be solved by the
> explanations in your faq (www.cygnus.com/mis/gnu-win32/faq.html)!
>> situation: there's a slpapi32.dll and slpapi32.lib for operations
> 	 on a label-printer. these are generated with borland c++.
> 	 further there's a c-program for the printer.
> 	 i want do change and modify its source code (the name is
> 	 'apitest.cpp' - look a the print-out below), re-compile and
> 	 re-link with 'g++'.
>> problem: i cannot link against slpapi32.dll or slpapi32.lib, as
follows
>> This is the MS-DOS-Printout:
>> C:\home\david\Slp>g++ -c apitest2.cpp 
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o
> apitest2.o(.text+0x89):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpCreateFont@12'
> apitest2.o(.text+0x9c):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpCreateFont@12'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xaf):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpCreateFont@12'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xbd):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpSetLabelType@8'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xc2):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpNewLabel@0'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xd4):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDrawTextXY@16'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xe6):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDrawTextXY@16'
> apitest2.o(.text+0xf8):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDrawTextXY@16'
> apitest2.o(.text+0x101):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDeleteFont@4'
> apitest2.o(.text+0x10a):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDeleteFont@4'
> apitest2.o(.text+0x113):apitest2.cc: undefined reference to
> `SlpDeleteFont@4'
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>> **O.K.
>> **AND THEN:
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o -lslpapi32.lib
> /gnuwin32/H-i386-cygwin32/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open
> -lslpapi32.lib:
> No such file or directory
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o -lslpapi32
> /gnuwin32/H-i386-cygwin32/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open
> -lslpapi32: No s
> uch file or directory
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o -L. -lslpapi32
> /gnuwin32/H-i386-cygwin32/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open
> -lslpapi32: No s
> uch file or directory
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o -L. -lSlpapi32.lib
> /gnuwin32/H-i386-cygwin32/i386-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open
> -lSlpapi32.lib:
> No such file or directory
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>> C:\home\david\Slp>gcc -o apitest2 apitest2.o -L. Slpapi32.lib
> Slpapi32.lib: file not recognized: File format not recognized
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 1
>>> *Can you help!?
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