DLL's ; Import libs ; def files etc ..

[Earnie Boyd]

--- J D L <De_Laender-De_Winter@village.uunet.be> wrote:
-8<-
> I have a database program, distributed as an DLL.
> The distribution contains also import libraries for
> the Borland compiler and the Microsoft compiler.
> On top of that it even contains a .DEF file, however with
> following constructs in it :
> 
> EXPORTS
>     _SQLAllocConnect@8
>     _SQLAllocConnect = _SQLAllocConnect@8
> 
> I created a 'cygnus' def file with the usual manipulations out of
> the FAQ.
> 
-8<-

Why didn't you use the supplied .def file to create the import library???  By
creating your own you missed the aliases that were in the supplied .DEF file
that caused your problems.

Cheers,

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