Hi all,
I need your help!

Compiler: FPC 1.0.4
Target: GO32V2

I want to link some librarys generated by a 32bit c-compiler (target: DOS) to my FPC programs.

1. WatCom
Neither the *.LIB nor the *.OBJ files generated by WatCom are accepted from the FP linker. Is there any way to make them usable?

2. DJGPP
The *.o files generated by DJGPP are accepted from the FP linker and the generated EXE-file executes quite well.

BUT: the *.o file represents only the code of the one module.

Example:
DJGPP:
test.h:
long aFunc()

test.c:
long aFunk()
{
return 4711
}

compile: test.o

FPC:
Testo.PAS:
program Testo;
uses crt;
{l test.o}
function aFunc: longint; cdecl; external;
begin
writeln( aFunc);
end.

Compile, link, run: output: 4711 - very well.

You see this little module needs nothing else. All it's code is represented by it's o-File (test.o). If test.c needs other modules their code is not represented in test.o. You need to link to this other modules too. But if there is a reference to a library, there is no object file that represents the code of the library. You have to bind a library yourself. And now you are at the point:

How can a library generated by DJGPP linked into a FPC program ?? -----------------------------------------------------------------

Regards, Peter

{$linklib <libname>}

and make sure your searchpath (-Fl) is ok.

See packages/base/gdbint/gdbint.pp (or packages/gdbint/gdbint.pp if you have older sources) as an example. (links in several libs for the debugger support of the IDE)

Thank you very much,
I tried what you told me.
1. from the IDE: no error message but also no EXE-file
2. from the IDE: with option: "Call linker after": Error message : cannot open -llib1.a no such file or directory (ENOENT) (lib1.a is my archiv)
3. from command line (DOS) Error message : cannot open -lc:\t2\lib1.a no such file or directory (ENOENT) (but there is the file c:\t2\lib1.a)

My lib1.a was created with DJGPP - but do I need special compiler switches? Examining my lib1.a with a hex-editor: !<arch> are the first charakters - seems realy to be an archive file.
Projekt folder: c:\t2
Lib Path: c:\t2
File Path: c:\t2
Location of the lib1.a file: C:\t2\lib1.a

But the linker tells me in any case: connot open -lLib1.a no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Could it be the format is wrong?

What's about the compiler switches is found in the example gdbint.pp:

{$ifdef go32v2}
  {$undef NotImplemented}
  { ifdef GDB_V418 changed to ifndef GDB_V416}
  {$ifdef USE_GDB_OBJS}
    {$include gdbobjs.inc}
  {$else USE_GDB_OBJS}
    {$LINKLIB gdb}
    {$ifdef GDB_V5}
      {$LINKLIB bfd}
      {$LINKLIB readline}
      {$LINKLIB opcodes}
      {$LINKLIB history}
      {$LINKLIB iberty}
    {$endif GDB_V5}
  {$endif ndef USE_GDB_OBJS}
  {$LINKLIB dbg}
  {$LINKLIB c}
{$endif go32v2}

Have I to use them?

Regards, Peter