• "W³odzimierz Skiba" <abx abx.art.pl> May 13 2003
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> May 13 2003
• "W³odzimierz Skiba" <abx abx.art.pl> May 13 2003
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> May 14 2003
• gf <mz_y2k yahoo...com> May 14 2003

Hi,

I'm trying to link with htmlhelp.lib. First I created htmlhelp.lib from 
hhctrl.ocx as I did for Borland compiler. It works fine.

 C:\dm\bin\implib dmc\wingui\Lib\htmlhelp.lib C:\WINNT\system32\hhctrl.ocx
 Digital Mars Import Library Manager Version 7.6B1n
 Copyright (C) Digital Mars 2000.  All Rights Reserved.
 Input is a Windows NT DLL file 'HHCTRL.OCX'.
 Output is a Windows NT import library.
 Digital Mars Import Library Creator complete.

then I tried link my application with it as I did for Borland and other various 
compilers. I needed htmlhelp.h so I installed "HTML Help Workshop" from
Microsoft. 
Application compiled fine, but when linking it can't resolve:

  dmc\wingui\lib\engine.lib(engine)
   Error 42: Symbol Undefined _HtmlHelpA 16

I tried implib with and without "/s" switch but it doesn't changed 
anything. Anybody succesfully use HtmlHelp im dmc compilations ? Any hint ?

ABX

"W³odzimierz Skiba" <abx abx.art.pl> wrote in message
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   dmc\wingui\lib\engine.lib(engine)
    Error 42: Symbol Undefined _HtmlHelpA 16

 I tried implib with and without "/s" switch but it doesn't changed
 anything. Anybody succesfully use HtmlHelp im dmc compilations ? Any hint



www.digitalmars.com/faq.html sysimport

should be helpful.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in
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 www.digitalmars.com/faq.html sysimport
 should be helpful.


Thanks, but it does not solved problem, probably due to limitations in 
IMPLIB. I made following two lines:

  C:\dm\bin\implib /s dmc\wingui\htmlhelp.lib C:\WINNT\system32\hhctrl.ocx
  C:\dm\bin\implib dmc\wingui\htmlhelp.lib dmc\htmlhelp.def

And it worked without any errors during linking

  C:\dm\bin\implib /s dmc\wingui\htmlhelp.lib C:\WINNT\system32\hhctrl.ocx
    Digital Mars Import Library Manager Version 7.6B1n
    Copyright (C) Digital Mars 2000.  All Rights Reserved.
    Input is a Windows NT DLL file 'HHCTRL.OCX'.
    Output is a Windows NT import library.
    Digital Mars Import Library Creator complete.
  C:\dm\bin\implib dmc\wingui\htmlhelp.lib dmc\htmlhelp.def
    Digital Mars Import Library Manager Version 7.6B1n
    Copyright (C) Digital Mars 2000.  All Rights Reserved.
    Output is a Windows NT import library.
    Digital Mars Import Library Creator complete.

where my htmlhelp.def is:
  LIBRARY hhctrl
  EXETYPE NT
  SUBSYSTEM WINDOWS
  EXPORTS
  _HtmlHelpA 16 = HtmlHelpA

But when my application starts it says it can't find hhctrl.dll. So I changed:
  LIBRARY hhctrl
to
  LIBRARY hhctrl.ocx
and then it reports unexpected dot in LIBRARY syntax.
The solution could be to rename hhctrol.ocx to hhctrl.dll but it is:
1) not nice to ask every user to do this favor my application by hand,
2) not nice to distribute since it is covered by MS license.
3) not nice to do it automagically on every platform since hhctrl.ocx is
registered 
component of system

So solution has to be found on IMPLIB side. Any hints ? TIA

ABX

"W³odzimierz Skiba" <abx abx.art.pl> wrote in message
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 where my htmlhelp.def is:
   LIBRARY hhctrl
   EXETYPE NT
   SUBSYSTEM WINDOWS
   EXPORTS
   _HtmlHelpA 16 = HtmlHelpA

 But when my application starts it says it can't find hhctrl.dll. So I


   LIBRARY hhctrl
 to
   LIBRARY hhctrl.ocx
 and then it reports unexpected dot in LIBRARY syntax.
 The solution could be to rename hhctrol.ocx to hhctrl.dll but it is:
 1) not nice to ask every user to do this favor my application by hand,
 2) not nice to distribute since it is covered by MS license.
 3) not nice to do it automagically on every platform since hhctrl.ocx is


 component of system

 So solution has to be found on IMPLIB side. Any hints ? TIA


What you can do is make the def file statement hhctrl_ocx (use _ instead of
.), and then patch the resulting binary to set it back to a '.'

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in
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 "W³odzimierz Skiba" <abx abx.art.pl> wrote in message
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   dmc\wingui\lib\engine.lib(engine)
    Error 42: Symbol Undefined _HtmlHelpA 16

 I tried implib with and without "/s" switch but it doesn't changed
 anything. Anybody succesfully use HtmlHelp im dmc compilations ? Any
 hint 


 
 www.digitalmars.com/faq.html sysimport
 
 should be helpful.




Walter meant "http://www.digitalmars.com/faq#sysimport"