[Dev-C++] Creating SafeArrays in dev-cpp

[Marcelo K. <kit...@md...>]

I am new to c++ and I just started to build a dll that can be used by =
excel. To practice in the building of my dll I would want it to return =
an array to excel, but I have tried hard without success. I can make the =
dll return single values, but not arrays.
I know that arrays have to be exported as SafeArrays but could not =
implement this in Dev-Cpp. There are some examples with the Microsoft =
compiler but when I try to compile them they failed.=20

In the Example below I got the error  "[Linker error] undefined =
reference to `SafeArrayCreate@12'"

#include <windows.h>
#include <oleauto.h>
    =20
#define DllExport __declspec(dllexport) __stdcall

extern "C" {

short DllExport NewArray(LPSAFEARRAY *ppsa)
{
    LPSAFEARRAY psa;
    SAFEARRAYBOUND sa;

    sa.lLbound =3D 1;
    sa.cElements =3D 10;

    if (*ppsa =3D=3D NULL) //array not yet initialized
    {
        if ((psa =3D SafeArrayCreate(VT_I2, 1, &sa)) =3D=3D NULL)
            return -2;
        *ppsa =3D psa;
    }

    if ((*ppsa)->cDims !=3D 1)    // check array dimensions
        return -1;

    else        return -3;
   =20
    return 0;
}

                }

Does anyone give me some advice in this topic?

Thanks in advance

Marcelo