RE: Using DLLs generated by BlackBox

From: Danforth, Douglas <"Danforth,>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:59:46 -0400

Greg, et. al.,

There seems to be a dlltool.exe that is purported to
generate .def files from .dll from which one can then
with a imptool.exe generate an import liberary .lib,
HOWEVER,
I have tried dlltool.exe and have not been able to
successfully export the symbols within the dll.

Using the BB hex form to open the dll I can see the two
functions 'Gcd' and 'Lcm'. But when I run dlltool
it claims there are no 'symbols' and does not put
them into the .def file.

dlltool.exe also has a '-l' switch that specifies an
'interface library' which may be an 'import library'
but since it doesn't see the symbols in the dll it
also does not put them in the .lib file.

I have the source for dlltool.c but with all the
#includes (which are part of the GNU package) and
the number of #define I don't think it is in my
favor to attempt to convert it to Component Pascal.
Still searching for a solution ...

Some URLs:
Documentation for executing dlltool.exe
http://muffin.physik.uni-bremen.de/cgi-bin/info2html?(binutils)dlltool

dlltool.c and dlltool.exe download site
http://chronos.cs.msu.su/MinGW32/Khan_Mumit/snapshots/dlltool/

---
Douglas G. Danforth, Ph.D. - Research Scientist
QuikCAT.com   6700 Beta Drive,  Suite 200,  Mayfield Village,  OH 44143-2335
danforth{([at]})nowhere.xy]-----Original Message-----
]From: Greg Edwards [mailto:gedwards{([at]})nowhere.xy]Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:10 PM
]To: Danforth, Douglas
]Subject: RE: Using DLLs generated by BlackBox
]
]
]Hi Doug,
]
]If you figure this out, could you let me (and the BBList) know 
]how you did
]it because I'd like to do the same thing!
]
]Thanks, and hope things are going well.
]-Greg
]
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Received on Thu Apr 05 2001 - 16:59:46 UTC