Link to lib file

[wallacej]

Hi

I'm pretty new to C++, and i'm using C++ Builder 6. I am including a
file with the line:

#include <engine.h>

I have added necessary Lib path in Project->Options Directories tab. I
have been told that I need to tell it to link to a secific .lib file
called libeng.lib which is in this lib path. How do I do this?

Thank you

 

[deane_gavin]

Hi

I'm pretty new to C++, and i'm using C++ Builder 6. I am including a
file with the line:

#include <engine.h>

I have added necessary Lib path in Project->Options Directories tab. I
have been told that I need to tell it to link to a secific .lib file
called libeng.lib which is in this lib path. How do I do this?

Thank you

That's not a C++ language question. It's a question about how to use
your compiler.

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html#faq-5.9

Gavin Deane

 

[Simon Elliott]

I'm pretty new to C++, and i'm using C++ Builder 6. I am including a
file with the line:

#include <engine.h>

I have added necessary Lib path in Project->Options Directories tab.
I have been told that I need to tell it to link to a secific .lib file
called libeng.lib which is in this lib path. How do I do this?

I usually find it's easier to hand edit the .bpr project file than to
try to get the IDE to do this correctly. It's an XML file internally
and the format is pretty intuitive.

You might find that the folk over in borland.public.cppbuilder.* have
some better ideas. You'll need to point your newsreader at
newsgroups.borland.com to get these groups.

 

[wallacej]

Cheers guys

I've re-directed my query to the borland.public

Jamie

 

[Bernd Muent]

I'm pretty new to C++, and i'm using C++ Builder 6. I am including a
file with the line:

#include <engine.h>

I have added necessary Lib path in Project->Options Directories tab. I
have been told that I need to tell it to link to a secific .lib file
called libeng.lib which is in this lib path. How do I do this?

You will need something like:
#pragma link "libeng.lib"

Otherwise you will get a lot of unresolved external symbols.

B.

 

[Simon Elliott]

You will need something like:
#pragma link "libeng.lib"

Otherwise you will get a lot of unresolved external symbols.

That's one way. The alternative is to make sure that you enter the lib
paths and then edit the .bpr file, adding or editing two parts:

in
<PROJECT>
<MACROS>

<LIBFILES value="mylib1.lib mylib2.lib"/>


in
<PROJECT>
<FILELIST>

<FILE FILENAME="mylib1.lib" FORMNAME="" UNITNAME="mylib1.lib"
CONTAINERID="LibTool" DESIGNCLASS="" LOCALCOMMAND=""/>

<FILE FILENAME="mylib2.lib" FORMNAME="" UNITNAME="mylib2.lib"
CONTAINERID="LibTool" DESIGNCLASS="" LOCALCOMMAND=""/>

If you do this, the linker will look for mylib1.lib and mylib2.lib on
the lib paths.

In theory you can enter the library names via IDE, using the project
manager, but I always find, when I do this, that the absolute paths of
the libraries are added in.