Re: Trouble compiling a DLL wrapper in VC++ 6.0

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:22:01 -0400
Message-ID:
<58SdneJMwMT9czLbnZ2dnUVZ_q6hnZ2d@comcast.com>
Jo?o Felipe wrote:

Hello!

I got some issues when trying to compile a shared library (DLL) using
Visual C++ 6.0 (I have never used VC++, but the driver for some
hardware i'm dealing was programmed using it and does not compile
elsewhere). I have files named driver.h, driver.dll and driver.lib
(provided by the hardware vendor). I created a wrapper for the
functions in driver.dll for using it with JNI (Java Native Interface),
but when I try to compile, I get the LNK2001 error message, like this:
"error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__SelectProgrammer@4"
for every function declared in driver.h. What's wrong? I've put
the .lib file at the library path and added the .h to the project;
I've also set the project for using __stdcall's.

Thanks in advance
Jo?o


In order to link to a lib file you have to put the name of the lib file
into the project build setting. In VC6 you type in the lib name in
something like Project Settings, Linker, Additional Inputs

--
Scott McPhillips [MVP VC++]

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