From: mikel@globalserve.net ("mikel@globalserve.on.ca") Subject: Linking to 3rd party DLL's - howto? 29 Jan 1997 16:46:39 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199701292348.SAA07157.cygnus.gnu-win32@enigma.globalserve.net> Reply-To: mikel@globalserve.net Comments: Authenticated sender is Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com (Cygwin List) X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Hello all, I am sure this must be a FAQ but could'nt find it there. I am trying to link to a LIB file, the linker reports "no such file or directory" even with a local copy to eliminate any possibility of path variable problems. I tried to extract to object files with "ar" but "ar -tv" gives approx. 50 entries with the same "DLL" label for each. There apparently is some magic required here. I've seen reference to fixheaders but don't know what or where it is (thats next). Also tried LD_LIBRARY_PATH or whatever, same deal. All of this is in support of trying to get cygnus gcc and the oracle precompiler to work together. Some details follow. Thanks in advance for any info or suggested readings, I will be glad to summarize for the list & FAQ. cygnus gcc: v2.7.2 Win NT: v3.51 Oracle: v7.2 Pro*C: v2.1 Lib file: SQLLIB17.LIB ar reports label: SQLLIB17.DLL balks at symbols: sqlcex & sqlglm Thanks again Mike mikel@globalserve.on.ca - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".