Re: Can't compile VC++ program that call a VB DLL
"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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Now I'm getting unresolved externals. In the dgsCrypto_i.cpp file that
I made by compiling the *.idl file is this:
const IID IID__dgsAES =
{0xBC82FBAC,0x9F60,0x418D,{0xA4,0xE6,0x24,0xF0,0x32,0x51,0x1F,0xFB}};
const CLSID CLSID_dgsAES =
{0xEA20384E,0x4D4B,0x46CC,{0xAC,0x2D,0x51,0x4D,0x4F,0xDF,0xF9,0xC8}};
My CoCreateInstance call is as follows:
_dgsAES *IVBdgsAES = NULL;
hr = CoCreateInstance( CLSID_dgsAES,
NULL,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID__dgsAES,
(void**) &IVBdgsAES);
I get these error messages:
xxvbdll.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _CLSID_dgsAES
xxvbdll.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _IID__dgsAES
What have I missed now?
The details are fuzzy, but you need to
#define INIT_GUID
before including the header file that declares IID__dgsAES in exactly *one*
of your files so that the variable is declared. But only one file, or else
you will get multiply defined symbols.
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