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- From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
- Subject: Re: Including .LIB files in Borland C++ for Windows
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.142929.2699@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:29:29 GMT
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- In <1grq0dINNr2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller) writes:
-
- >In a previous article, rmccown@world.std.com (Bob McCown) says:
- >
- >>This seems like something I should be able to find in the manual or in a
- >>help file somewhere but I cant. I'm building a windows application in
- >>Borland C++ 3.1 for Windows, and need to link in a .LIB file that contains
- >>routines for accessing an SQL, but I cant seem to figure out exactly how
- >>to specify a specific .LIB file. I have SQL.DLL (the .LIB name) in the
- >>\borlandc\lib directory, but nowhere can I find how to make the linker
- >>look for it, and consequently I end up with a basketfull of unresolved
- >>errors. Any help out there?
- >
- >Just need to include the .lib file in the project files list.
-
- You indicate that "SQL.DLL" is "the .LIB name". Have you run that through
- implib.exe? Implib will create a .LIB file given a .DLL. That's what you
- put in the project, not the .DLL.
-
- --
- Rob Ryan
- rryan@panix.com
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