Since this is a general inquiry without any specifics, I assume you're looking for a general confirmation that linking against MS DLLs is possible. I can attest to that. Generally speaking, when you run into unresolved symbols, you need to find the DLLs/import libraries or static libraries which define them and add them to your link line. If you're implying that the MS DLL that you're linking against doesn't export the symbols that are unresolved, that's probably OK unless you're implying that this is a different DLL and is the one that's supposed to resolve the missing symbols. But these are all details which you didn't send so they're not worth much discussion. Assuming that this turns out to be a Cygwin-related issue and you can't find the answer to your problem with further study, please refer to www.cygwin.com/bugs.html before posting a followup message. This will familiarize you with the information requirements this list has for problem reports and related details. Also, you will more than likely want to post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than [EMAIL PROTECTED] The former is the proper place for this kind of inquiry, again assuming it's Cygwin-related. I've redirected the discussion there (and BCC'd [EMAIL PROTECTED] to maintain a pointer from there).
Good luck, Larry Original Message: ----------------- From: Robert Bercik [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 07:50:59 -0800 (PST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: symbols in Microsoft DLL's and Linking w/ them Hi, I'm trying to create a cygwin dll that links to a microsoft DLL. However, when I try and link to the DLL, the linkerl complains that the symbols contained in the microsoft DLL are still unresolved. I used the nm command on the DLL and it reported that it did not find any symbols, but when I did a grep command the symbols as an argument, it found them in the DLL. Have any of you had any success with this in the past? I'm really stuck here. Thanks in advance, -Rob --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/