PRB: .CPP Extension w/ Library Construction Kit Causes Errors

Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
Article ID: Q101803

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
Microsoft FoxPro Library Construction Kit, versions 2.5, 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a
Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visual C++, the .CPP extension can cause errors when it is used to create a .PLB or .FLL file with the FoxPro 2.5 Library Construction Kit (LCK).

For example, using the .CPP extension to create a .FLL file (FoxPro for Windows library) can cause the error "<path>\PROAPIML.LIB (c:\dosdev\source\winapi16.c) : error L2029: '_FoxTable' : unresolved external", where <path> is the path to PROAPIML.LIB.

RESOLUTION

To avoid the error, do one of the following:

Rename the program to have a .C extension.

-or-

Declare FoxTable as external, as follows:

      extern "C" FoxTable _FoxTable =
      {
         (FoxTable FAR *) 0, sizeof(myFoxInfo) /
            sizeof(FoxInfo), myFoxInfo
      };

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxDos FoxWin 2.50 2.50a
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb kbcode
KBSubcategory: FxtoolLck

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1996
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