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Re: How to make import libraries?
- To: "Mark H. Wood" <mwood at mhw dot oit dot iupui dot edu>
- Subject: Re: How to make import libraries?
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:35:30 +1000
- Cc: Gnu-Win32 list <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980330145149.28881C-100000@mhw.OIT.IUPUI.EDU>
On 30-Mar-1998, Mark H. Wood <mwood@mhw.oit.iupui.edu> wrote:
> I see lots of discussion and FAQ text on how to *create* .DLLs, but
> nothing on how to *use* them. The FAQ says I must link with an "import
> library", but doesn't tell me how to create one from an existing .DLL.
Generally you must first create a `.def' file, and then create the import
library from the .def file.
There's a program called `impdef' (I think) which you can use to create
`.def' files for existing DLLs -- it was posted to this mailing list
some time ago.
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