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From: empty AT sans DOT vuw DOT ac DOT nz (Malcolm Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Can djgpp link to "standard" Windows dll?
Date: 16 Aug 1995 23:54:06 GMT
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horne AT mhd1 DOT pfc DOT mit DOT edu wrote:

: Gentlemen:

: 	Our lab has purchased a frame grabber which comes

: with an SDK in this form:

: 	Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later, 16 bit DLL.

: plus the C headers.  The claim is that

: "...Any compiler that can generate 16-bit Windows applications should be able to
:  access the DLL."

: Can we use DJGPP to do this?  Our other option is to purchase
: Microsoft C which we'll do only if there's no other way.

The simple short answer is no. DJGPP is a 32bit compiler, and as such 
can't link to normal 16bit code. Having said that there may be support 
for 32bit PE format DLLs in the future (PE format is what Win32,95 and NT 
use). Also DJGPP cannot write applications for windows.

Malcolm