From: Anthony AT computronix DOT com (Anthony Tuininga) Subject: RE: Link Failure with 3rd party Windows DLLs 24 Aug 1997 17:53:08 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <408173704E9ED011A9DB00009296CA0010D004.cygnus.gnu-win32@alpha.computronix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Original-To: "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1457.3) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Oops! I forgot to mention that this is beta 18 under Windows NT 4.0 SP2. Sorry to waste bandwith. > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Tuininga > Sent: Friday, August 22, 1997 1:24 PM > To: 'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com' > Subject: Link Failure with 3rd party Windows DLLs > > I looked at the mailing list archive and noticed that one other person > got this result and had queried the list but I haven't seen a response > to date. Perhaps this information will make it easier to track down > the problem and suggest a solution -- I am a programmer by trade and > so do not necessarily have a problem with making the fix myself. Note > that I am not a compiler/linker programmer, however. :-) > > I compiled and linked successfully a C program (one of Oracle's OCI > demo programs) against the OCIW32.LIB (Oracle Call Interface library) > which contains pointers to the OCIW32.DLL and I got the following > result when I tried to run the program: > > The procedure entry point could not be found in the dynamic link > library OCIW32.DLL. > > Using nm and the link I noticed that the call points are null in the > library OCIW32.LIB which seems the root cause of the problem (or is > this normal?). Trying nm on the DLL itself simply says "no symbols". > > Any pointers at all are appreciated! I really like the GCC/G++ > compilers and have used them extensively over the past five years -- > this port to Windows NT will really make life a lot easier for me! > > Anthony > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".