Digital Mars - c++.windows.32-bits

↑ ↓ ← → Jesse H. <Jesse_member pathlink.com> writes:

I made a dll in dmc and tested it dmc. Everything is ok. I need to use this dll
in VC++, but I got a linking error "fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupt
file". Can anyone help? TIA.

Jun 12 2006

↑ ↓ ← → Scott Michel <scottm aero.org> writes:

Jesse H. wrote:
 I made a dll in dmc and tested it dmc. Everything is ok. I need to use this dll
 in VC++, but I got a linking error "fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupt
 file". Can anyone help? TIA.


The answer is not "ABI" but file format. It's not necessarily corrupt;
DMARS uses the (older) OMF object file format and produces output files
that have OMF symbol information.

That said, though, a DLL is a DLL is a DLL under Win32, irrespective of
the object file format. So you shouldn't have a problem loading and
executing the DLL in a program.

If you're linking using the import library (which you **should** be),
it's possible that the newer MS linkers can't handle reading OMF-style
import libraries. If you're linking using the DLL, well, you shouldn't.

Jun 13 2006

c++.windows.32-bits - Use DMC DLL in VC++