how to link with novel api calls, ndk, nwsdk?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

could you please help?

I am trying to write a small and first C program using novell api, and I have the following link error?

Is it possible to use Novell api?  Thank you very much.

//e/program files/dev-c++/myexample/nwhello/nwhello_main.c:63: undefined reference to `NWCallsInit@8'
//e/program files/dev-c++/myexample/nwhello/nwhello_main.c:71: undefined reference to `NWCCGetPrimConnRef@4'
//e/program files/dev-c++/myexample/nwhello/nwhello_main.c:79: undefined reference to `NWCCGetAllConnRefInfo@12'

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I guess that Novell api comes in a static or dinamic lib not in pure source, so you need to link against the corresponding lib. Novell used to favor Watcom C, I guess they go for MSVC nowadays. If they do, you may be able to link your app by simply renaming the lib to something like libwhatever.a and specifying -lwhatever in your project. Go for the dinamic lib, if there's one. Just as VB or Delphi can use a dll written in any language, you can use it with gcc too. But you need to find some reference about the dll, def file, import lib stuff.

rpeter

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Thank you very much for the reply.

I tried linking calwin32.lib and the first error is gone.

'//e/program files/dev-c++/myexample/nwhello/nwhello_main.c:63: undefined reference to                      `NWCallsInit@8'

But then if I add one more lib ( clxwin32.lib) to remove the second error,  I get other kinds of error as follows.

E:\PROGRA~1\DEV-C_~1\Bin\ld.exe: E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\clxwin32.lib(CLXWIN32.DLL): warning: ignoring duplicate section `.text'
E:\PROGRA~1\DEV-C_~1\Bin\ld.exe: E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\clxwin32.lib(CLXWIN32.DLL): warning: ignoring duplicate section `.idata$5'
E:\PROGRA~1\DEV-C_~1\Bin\ld.exe: E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\calwin32.lib(CALWIN32.DLL): warning: ignoring duplicate section `.text'
E:\PROGRA~1\DEV-C_~1\Bin\ld.exe: E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\calwin32.lib(CALWIN32.DLL): warning: ignoring duplicate section `.idata$5'
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\calwin32.lib(CALWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): multiple definition of `idata$2'
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\clxwin32.lib(CLXWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): first defined here
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\calwin32.lib(CALWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): multiple definition of `idata$4'
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\clxwin32.lib(CLXWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): first defined here
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\calwin32.lib(CALWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): multiple definition of `idata$5'
E:\Novell\ndk\nwsdk\lib\win32\mscvc\clxwin32.lib(CLXWIN32.DLL)(.idata$2+0x0): first defined here

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How do resolve this problem?

Or How do you go for the DLL instead of static link?  I see there are DLL in the Novell SDK.

Thank you very much for your help.