Hello,

DigitalMars 8.42 CD, updated to 8.43
Win2K

I am following the instructions by Christof Meerwald at http://cmeerw.org/prog/dm/ms_sdk.html to use newer microsoft sdk with DigitalMars C++. I have downloaded sdk, patched headers, and converted to old COFF using MSVC6 LINK.EXE. So far so good.

The next step is to use coff2omf to convert to omf format for DigitalMars.

I am using coff2omf.exe from the dm\bin directory. When I run coff2omf over the libraries, the output to command window is like this:

COFF2OMF: Converting 'c:\psdk\lib\aclui.lib'

This makes me think it works, but the modification date of the lib files do not change, suggesting they really are not converted.

The coff2omf help says the command to use it goes like this:

coff2omf    libname.lib

That is the command I used for all the libs (with filename changed of
course).

I assume the fact that the modification time of file did not change indicates the conversion was not successful.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to get these files converted to omf format for DigitalMars, or any idea on what might be going wrong?

Thanks,
Doug

"dt" <tinkham@ucalgary.ca> wrote in message news:d3mh9t$1lgb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hello,
>
> DigitalMars 8.42 CD, updated to 8.43
> Win2K
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to get these files converted
to
> omf format for DigitalMars, or any idea on what might be going wrong?
>

Ok, I guess the file dates don't change on conversion, as they are modified "in place". Can someone confirm this to me?

Thanks,
Doug

Here's an example on how I did this showing the conversion of wow32.lib import library.

I have a script that does this for all the libraries from MS SDK, but I'm sure you'll have as much fun as I did, creating that script for your self.

Notice the date and the size of file, it changes in every step (I did remove som excessive output of commands...)

> copy "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\lib\wow32.lib .
        1 file(s) copied.

> dir wow32.lib
2003-03-26  16:36             7 896 wow32.lib

> ..\bin\mslink98 /lib /convert wow32.lib
Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 5.12.8181
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved.


> dir wow32.lib
2005-04-15  00:35            28 840 wow32.lib

> coff2omf wow32.lib wow32.lib
COFF2OMF: Converting 'c:\utv\dm\mssdk\lib\wow32.lib'

> dir wow32.lib
2005-04-15  00:35             3 584 wow32.lib

-- ex animo
- Ingi

dt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> DigitalMars 8.42 CD, updated to 8.43
> Win2K
> 
> I am following the instructions by Christof Meerwald at
> http://cmeerw.org/prog/dm/ms_sdk.html to use newer microsoft sdk with
> DigitalMars C++. I have downloaded sdk, patched headers, and converted to old
> COFF using MSVC6 LINK.EXE. So far so good.
> 
> The next step is to use coff2omf to convert to omf format for DigitalMars.
> 
> I am using coff2omf.exe from the dm\bin directory. When I run coff2omf over
> the libraries, the output to command window is like this:
> 
> COFF2OMF: Converting 'c:\psdk\lib\aclui.lib'
> 
> This makes me think it works, but the modification date of the lib files do
> not change, suggesting they really are not converted.
> 
> The coff2omf help says the command to use it goes like this:
> 
> coff2omf    libname.lib
> 
> That is the command I used for all the libs (with filename changed of
> course).
> 
> I assume the fact that the modification time of file did not change indicates
> the conversion was not successful.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to get these files converted to
> omf format for DigitalMars, or any idea on what might be going wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
> 
> 

"Ingvaldur Sigurjonsson" <ingi@telia.com> wrote in message news:d3mrkb$1v4b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Here's an example on how I did this showing the conversion of wow32.lib import library.
>
>  > dir wow32.lib
> 2005-04-15  00:35             3 584 wow32.lib
>
> -- ex animo
> - Ingi
>

Thanks Ingi. I got them all converted correctly.
Doug