Hi, forgive me if these questions are stupid but I'm new to this compiler.

First up, is there any way to dynamically link to crtdll.dll or msvcrt.dll instead of having it statically linked?  Well I think that's what's happening anyway.

And second of all, what would be the switches to use to generate the smallest win32 .exe?  I've fiddled with a few but with no luck.

Thanks in advance,
David

David wrote:

> Hi, forgive me if these questions are stupid but I'm new to this compiler.
>
> First up, is there any way to dynamically link to crtdll.dll or msvcrt.dll instead of having it statically linked?  Well I think that's what's happening anyway.

sc -ND
If I am correct.
I think default is to link with the static libraries...

> And second of all, what would be the switches to use to generate the smallest win32 .exe?  I've fiddled with a few but with no luck.

sc -o+size

Of course that also depends on whether or not you want to use the static or dynamic libraries...

So try:

sc -ND -o+size

And see what happens.

Jan

Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> wrote in news:3B7FC241.54D9D68A@smartsoft.cc:

> David wrote:
> 
>> Hi, forgive me if these questions are stupid but I'm new to this compiler.
>>
>> First up, is there any way to dynamically link to crtdll.dll or msvcrt.dll instead of having it statically linked?  Well I think that's what's happening anyway.
> 
> sc -ND
> If I am correct.
> I think default is to link with the static libraries...
> 
>> And second of all, what would be the switches to use to generate the smallest win32 .exe?  I've fiddled with a few but with no luck.
> 
> sc -o+size
> 
> Of course that also depends on whether or not you want to use the static or dynamic libraries...
> 
> So try:
> 
> sc -ND -o+size
> 
> And see what happens.
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
> 
Ok, I'm probably doing something incredibly stupid here, but here's what I get.

C:\dm\bin>sc -o+size test.c
Command line error: unrecognized parameter '+size'--- errorlevel 1

And if I use -ND I get:

C:\dm\bin>sc -ND test.c
link test,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 7.50B1
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989 - 2001  All Rights Reserved

SND.lib
 Warning 2: File Not Found SND.lib
OPTLINK : Warning 23: No Stack
test.obj(test)
 Error 42: Symbol Undefined __acrtused_con
test.obj(test)
 Error 42: Symbol Undefined _printf
OPTLINK : Warning 134: No Start Address

--- errorlevel 2

I don't have SND.lib, though I have snn.lib.  Copying snn.lib to snd.lib just results in it compiling ok, but the same file size.  I'm guessing the 'd' in snd.lib means dynamic, and I'm missing the lib.  Was I meant to download anything else?  Anyone care to mail it to me if it's not too much trouble?  Or tell me where I can get it?

Also -o+size doesn't seem to be working.  This is 8.1c which I downloaded yesterday.

Thanks for the help,
David

David wrote:

> Ok, I'm probably doing something incredibly stupid here, but here's what I get.
>
> C:\dm\bin>sc -o+size test.c
> Command line error: unrecognized parameter '+size'--- errorlevel 1

Sorry... sc -o+space
I usuall use -o+all <g>

> And if I use -ND I get:
>
> C:\dm\bin>sc -ND test.c
> link test,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
> OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 7.50B1
> Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989 - 2001  All Rights Reserved
>
> SND.lib
>  Warning 2: File Not Found SND.lib
> OPTLINK : Warning 23: No Stack
> test.obj(test)
>  Error 42: Symbol Undefined __acrtused_con
> test.obj(test)
>  Error 42: Symbol Undefined _printf
> OPTLINK : Warning 134: No Start Address

I think this is indeed because you don't have the dynamic libraries (.LIB's or
.DLL's) you would need. I do not think they are provided in the download...
They are on the CD-ROM ($25+SH) though.

Jan