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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:17:48 +0000 (GMT)
From: Matthew Brett <matthew DOT brett AT mrc-cbu DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
To: Mike Goslin <mike DOT goslin AT rd DOT wdi DOT disney DOT com DOT rd DOT disney DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: building and linking with a dll
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Dear Mike,

Did you find Mumit Khan's dllhelpers page?

http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/dllhelpers.html

Cheers,

Matthew 

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Mike Goslin wrote:

> I can't successfully build and link with a .dll.  I've found 2 versions
> of the "5-step program" instructions to create a .dll and its' .a using
> ld and dlltool, but I still get "undefined reference" errors from ld.
> Is there a simple example somewhere I could take a look at?  More
> specifically, I'd love more information on:
> - the correct link lines (and dlltool lines),
> - how to generate a .def file automatically (if this is possible),
> - where to put an entry point function for the .dll so that -e <name>@12
> will pick it up successfully (is it necessary to have an entry point at
> all?),
> - and whether __declspec(dllexport) is still necessary to export classes
> and global variables (or if the .def file is sufficient).
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Mike Goslin                                       mike DOT goslin AT disney DOT com
>   Walt Disney Imagineering - VR Studio              (818)544-3015
>   Obligatory disclaimer: Views expressed here are mine and in no way
>         represent the Walt Disney Company
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> 
> 
> 


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