Re: [Dev-C++] compiling lotus notes c api programms with dev c++. is it possible?

[Yeoh H. <ye...@ye...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Stoehr" <tho...@vo...>
To: <dev...@li...>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] compiling lotus notes c api programms with dev c++. is it
possible?


> hi list,
>
> has somebody experience with compiling lotus notes c api programms under
dev
> c++?
> i have tried to configure the compiler ( /DNT switch) but it always says :
>
In Dev-C++, your compiler switch for this define should be -DNT.

I haven't had the chance to use the Lotus Notes C API but AFAIK, here's an
extract:
<extract>
Most Lotus C API functions for Domino and Notes use the __stdcall calling
convention, just as the Windows API does. A few functions require a variable
number of parameters; these functions use the cdecl calling convention.
Under normal circumstances, specifying the appropriate calling convention is
handled by the C API header files.
</extract>

So you'll need to create the .a files.
Here's an extract from MinGW FAQ:
<extract>
However, for __stdcall functions, the above method does not work. For MSVC
will prefix an underscore to __stdcall functions while MinGW will not. The
right way is to produce the DEF file using the pexports tool included in the
mingw-utils package and filter off the first underscore by sed:

pexports testdll.dll | sed "s/^_//" > testdll.def
Then, when using dlltool to produce the import library, add `-U' to the
command line:
dlltool -U -d testdll.def -l libtestdll.a
And now, you can proceed in the usual way:
gcc -o testmain testmain.c -L. -ltestdll
</extract>

Regards,
Yeoh
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