Using fonctions of a dll

I see you whant to statically link to the .dll library. You have to include a lib file for this .dll library in your project. The .lib file is generated from TLIB.exe, as far as I remember. Check again which utility to use.
You have to define the function call as an external.
The other way is to link to a .dll is to use LoadLibrary and then GetProcAddr to obtain a pointer to the function implementation.

Success.

Ooopss..
PrintText = (void *) GetProcAddress( MyDll, "PrintText" );

Under VC 4 & 5 at least, when you create your DLL, a .lib file is generated along with the DLL, in the same directory.  This is called an 'import library', because apps that wish to use the DLL can add the import library to their project - just like you add C or C++ files in file view - and gain access to the exported functions in the way you're trying to do.  The only requirement, as I recall, is that the DLL is somewhere in your %PATH% when you execute your app.

or the dll is in the windows directory, or in the same directory the module loading it is. But the guy is using Borland C++ and the dll is not his. He has to make the .lib file in order to link it. In VC the utility is LIB, I think.

doh, diakov, you are quite right about it not being his dll.  My comment was correct but irrelevent.  In that case agreen's method is going to be simpler if the number of exports is reasonably low.

Thanks for all your comments and answer.

To agreen : You tell me to use the fonctions  LoadLibrary and  GetProcAddress and the type HINSTANCE. As my doc is very poor, I do not know which include is needed.  

More generally, I have created a .def file from my dll (with IMPDEF) and then an import library (with IMPLIB). These 3 files are in the directory of my main module. I include the import library on the command line of TLINK32. And it gives me the eroor message I have mentioned in my question. I searched in the doc what options I had missed, but found none.

Thanks for all your comments and answer.

To agreen : You tell me to use the fonctions  LoadLibrary and  GetProcAddress and the type HINSTANCE. As my doc is very poor, I do not know which include is needed.  

More generally, I have created a .def file from my dll (with IMPDEF) and then an import library (with IMPLIB). These 3 files are in the directory of my main module. I include the import library on the command line of TLINK32. And it gives me the eroor message I have mentioned in my question. I searched in the doc what options I had missed, but found none.

if you're #include-ing <windows.h> then it should define these types/function prototypes, mehd

There are two (if I don't miss any) options for this kind of problem:
1. Use LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress as agreen proposed.
2. Use static link with generated .LIB file. If you get "unresolved external" error, that means:
a) in case of C++ functions: your compiler is not the same as that used for the building of the library. C++ compilers perform function name mangling in different way.
b) in case of C functions: there is an option for "generating underscores". If your compiler generates, but the other one not, and vice versa, you will get that message.

If you are in a hurry, better try agreen's approach, because playing with function prototypes and compiler/linker options will take you more time.

I have two other points to ask you agreen:
1_ What are the meaning and use of BOOL?
2_ Your function does not return anything. If my function return a char, what modification should I do to your model? I tried several ones, none worked.

Try this:

CHAR (__stdcall *PortIn)(short port);
HINSTANCE MyDll;
CHAR temp;

..

  MyDll = LoadLibrary("MYDLL.DLL");
  PortIn = (void *) GetProcAddress( MyDll, "PortIn" );

..

  temp = PortIn(0x3f8);

Well, I have to write :  

PortIn = (char(__stdcall *)(short)) GetProcAddress( MyDll, "PortIn" );

to make it compile and link successfully. Do you know why?
 

Thank you all for your comments and solution.