[Tiny-cobol-users] TinyCOBOL vs. stdcall calling convention

[Stefan H. <Ste...@gm...>]

Hi,

I have a question concering linkage of TinyCOBOL programs on windows using
MinGW.
Is it possible to link a cobol program to an external library build with
stdcall calling convention?
If yes, how is it done? Unfortunately the link to the TinyCOBOL manuals is
broken... :-(

Microfocus COBOL supports this kind of linkage by using a special name
entry. Example reads as follows:
(...)
       SPECIAL-NAMES.
            CALL-CONVENTION 74 IS EXTAPI.
(...)
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
            CALL EXTAPI "function" using
              by reference parm
              returning rc.
(...)

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Stefan