I can't seem to rebuild some older stuff I developed
with an other compiler (LCC).

I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
_main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
(That test.obj has callback functions only.)

Thanks,
Sz.

> I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
> (That test.obj has callback functions only.)

Yes, it really seems to be a problem. At least it disappears when I name explicitly (in the link command line) that module of the .lib which contains _main.

Is there a better way? (A "secret" link option, perhaps?)

Cheers,
Sz.

Add switch to LINK command line
  /ENTRY:WinMainCRTStartup
Or use appropriate func name instead of WinMainCRTStartup (see run-time
library sources)

You also can declare extern "C" int _acrt_used or similar variable and access it; this will cause appropriate startup code to link in, and then that code will in turn call main() and link in all other modules.

Nic Tiger.

"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
> > (That test.obj has callback functions only.)
>
> Yes, it really seems to be a problem. At least it disappears when I name explicitly (in the link command line) that module of the .lib which contains _main.
>
> Is there a better way? (A "secret" link option, perhaps?)
>
> Cheers,
> Sz.
>
>

You need to have a main() to have a start address. See
www.digitalmars.com/ctg/actrused.html


"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
> > (That test.obj has callback functions only.)
>
> Yes, it really seems to be a problem. At least it disappears when I name explicitly (in the link command line) that module of the .lib which contains _main.
>
> Is there a better way? (A "secret" link option, perhaps?)
>
> Cheers,
> Sz.
>
>

Thanks Walter, but you seem to have replied to my
Subject line, not the message. ;-)

(I *do* have main(), it's just in a LIB, not in an
.OBJ module. Don't bother, though, I can live with
the current workaround.)

Cheers,
Sz.

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b9q7sh$rmd$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> You need to have a main() to have a start address. See
> www.digitalmars.com/ctg/actrused.html
>
>
> "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.

I read your message, I guess I didn't understand the problem, then.

"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9q9es$t9b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Thanks Walter, but you seem to have replied to my
> Subject line, not the message. ;-)
>
> (I *do* have main(), it's just in a LIB, not in an
> .OBJ module. Don't bother, though, I can live with
> the current workaround.)
>
> Cheers,
> Sz.
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b9q7sh$rmd$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> > You need to have a main() to have a start address. See
> > www.digitalmars.com/ctg/actrused.html
> >
> >
> > "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > > > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
>
>

(OK, sorry, I guess I was not that funny with that
comment then... ;) )

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b9qd8p$10ke$4@digitaldaemon.com...
> I read your message, I guess I didn't understand the problem, then.
>
> "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9q9es$t9b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Thanks Walter, but you seem to have replied to my
> > Subject line, not the message. ;-)
> >
> > (I *do* have main(), it's just in a LIB, not in an
> > .OBJ module. Don't bother, though, I can live with
> > the current workaround.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sz.
> >
> > "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b9q7sh$rmd$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > You need to have a main() to have a start address. See
> > > www.digitalmars.com/ctg/actrused.html
> > >
> > >
> > > "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > > > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > > > > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
> >
> >
>
>

I experienced the same problems with linking the SDL library from www.libsdl.org which also provides the entry point within a library file. Thankfully I could get to work by either linking the extracted object file or providing the entry point by the /ENTRY switch, but it would be much cleaner if the linker would also look for the entry point in library files and not just object files.

Regards,

Remko van der Vossen

"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9q9es$t9b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Thanks Walter, but you seem to have replied to my
> Subject line, not the message. ;-)
>
> (I *do* have main(), it's just in a LIB, not in an
> .OBJ module. Don't bother, though, I can live with
> the current workaround.)
>
> Cheers,
> Sz.
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b9q7sh$rmd$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> > You need to have a main() to have a start address. See
> > www.digitalmars.com/ctg/actrused.html
> >
> >
> > "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:b9p8es$2vtu$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > > I get "no start address" from link, but there *is* a
> > > > _main in the library I try linking my test.obj against.
>
>