Re: VC++ 6.0 DLL Using CString used in VC++ 2008

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom@nospam.camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:49:47 -0700
Message-ID:
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Have you tried contacting the developer of the DLL directly. It may be
easier to try to recompile the code yourself if you can't get them to do it.
If they are out of business, or whatever, they may give you the source to
help in your dilemma.

We always recompile our DLLS for each new version just to be safe. You may
want to consider using a different DLL (different product) if one is
available. It may cost you something to purchase, but you will likely save
a lot in time and hassle for future versions.

Tom

"Terry Steyaert" <TerrySteyaert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4CD55727-0B7C-47D2-B9DC-610FB1011AAC@microsoft.com...

I have a third party DLL (lib, includes, dll, no source) that references
CString in both return codes and function arguments. At link time, I
receive
errors because the declaration of CString has changed.

There is no way I can change the DLL, so my only idea is that I need to
create a temporary VC++ 6.0 CString. My error lists the VC++ 2008 CString
definition (since it isn't found in the DLL) but I can't think of a way to
get the VC++ 6.0 revision of CString.

For example, from the include, I have:

CString GetLastError();

Which is causing a link error:

App_FSI_Comm.obj : error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A000901) "public:
class
ATL::CStringT<char,class StrTraitMFC_DLL<char,class ATL::ChTraitsCRT<char>
 >

__thiscall CSabreComm::GetLastError(void)"

(?GetLastError@CSabreComm@@$$FQAE?AV?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC_DLL@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@XZ)
referenced in function
__catch$?UpdateFlightList@CApp_FSI_Comm@@$$FIAE_N_N@Z$0

I found:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/ade8cf7a-b1e1-4853-ac37-d4b48a0b90ae

but short of making another DLL (which I'm not sure would function since
I'll still have the link errors), the solutions didn't work.

Any ideas greatly appreciated. Intuiting the VC++ 6.0 CString would
probably be the best.

Thanks in advance,

Terry

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