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Borland C++ 5.02 update?

I have a few apps that I still build with Borland C++ 5.02 (not C++ Builder... but the original BC++). I would like to take advantage of some of the new API that are not defined in the .h and .lib files that shipped with BC 5.01 all those years ago.

Does anyone know if there is any simple way to use the latest Platform SDK .h and .lib files with Borland C++ 5.02?

If there is no simple way... is there any way to convert the MS .lib files to the Borland format?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
Jeff

jhance

I think the answer is no. This was the problem that I had with Borland C++ several years ago. They were always behind the latest SDK and provided no tools to set it up yourself. So you were always waiting for Borland to update BC++ for the latest Microsoft SDK.

BTW, the problem is not with the header files but with the lib files. Unless things have changed but Borland linker doesn't support the MS .lib file format and vice-versa.

dandycheung

Borland C++ has a tools named implib or another name like this which can export a import library(.lib file) from standard DLL file.

jeffs1

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yes... but this requires that I find the versions of the DLLs that the MS import libraries were built from... to build the BC import libraries. implib will not just convert an MS import lib to the BC format. I was hoping to find an easier way to do this... that is a pretty big task... given the number of DLLS.

Thanks,
Jeff

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Thanks for your help!