Re: Problem with a DLL and a Static Library
Mihai Popescu wrote:
I have a solution in vc++ [.net2005] which contains 3 projects:
1. GUI - Win32 application (TestAGE)
2. DLL (AGE.DLL)
3. LIB Static library (without precompiled header) (Utils.lib)
DLL depends on the LIB and GUI depends on the DLL.
I want some/all functions from the LIB to be available in DLL to be
exported, and imported afterwards in the GUI.
How do i do that ?
With a DEF file in the DLL project, or by marking the functions and classes
in the library with __declspec(dllexport).
I cannot create import library for the DLL if DLL Exports Symbols, or
I get the following link error when I make a simple DLL project:
<<error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall
CMatrix::~CMatrix(void)" (??1CMatrix@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function
_wWinMain@16 TestAGE.obj>>
I also get the warning: <<Warning warning LNK4221: no public symbols
found; archive member will be inaccessible utils.lib>>
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Not without seeing the compiler/linker command lines for the lib, dll and
exe and the declarations for the symbols that are coming up undefined.
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