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On 5/16/2015 04:08, Mark Rivers wrote:
> Jon Y wrote:
>=20
>> Try using gendef to generate a def file from the DLL and use dlltool to
>> generate an import library from the new def file.
>=20
> Unfortunately the dll is stripped, so this does not work:
>=20
> $ nm plxapi631.dll
> nm: plxapi631.dll: no symbols
>=20
> I know that this specific .lib file has worked in the past to link with C=
ygwin.  Unfortunately it is quite difficult to "roll back" with Cygwin to f=
igure out in which version it last worked.
>=20

gendef should still be able to get a list of symbols, it works on
Windows system DLLs, it should work on yours.




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