9.07 - Corrupt User32.lib

[TimStone]

I tried to use 9.07, but I'm getting an error message on the build that says Corrupt Library c:\fwh\lib\user32.lib.

I see this is a new addition to the lib files in 9.07. I redownloaded the install this morning and placed it in a new folder, and received the same error.

user32.lib is not called specifically in my link script. I'm not sure what tries to link it .

I am using xHarbour ( .com ) release that was fine with 9.06.

Thanks.

[nageswaragunupudi]

I think this user32.lib is only for Borland.

[TimStone]

Here is the problem. User32.lib is in xHb's c-lib folder. The one supplied with FWH apparently was searched first and, as you suggest, must be a Borland ( thus imcompatible ) file.

I removed the file from the FWH\lib folder and can now build my application.

So, here is the question for Antonio. Why the new .lib file, and is there something in there I need for 9.07 that is not in the xHb file ? If so, do you have a xHB / xCC compatible copy ?
Thanks.

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

Please use this library:
www.fivetechsoft.com/files/prnwnd.lib

[TimStone]

Do I keep User32.lib in the FWH lib folder where xHB will still try to link it in , or is this a replacement.

Thank you.

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

It is a replacement for FWH user32.lib for xHB users

[TimStone]

Antonio,

I still get the message that user32.lib is corrupt if I allow it to use the one from FWH. Is it possible this one is built with a compiler not compatible with xCC ( xHB Builder compiler ) ? I downloaded the file twice and have the same problem.

If I take it out of the lib folder, then xHb uses its own file with no problem.

I am using the June xHB build. It is supposed to be pretty good.

Tim

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

FWH user32.lib is OMF format (Borland) and both Microsoft and PellesC use COFF format, thats why PellesC reports it to you as corrupted.

[TimStone]

Antonio,

I'm confused. You want me to use it, but I can't because its the wrong format and will not link in to the application. Do you have one that is compatible with Microsoft / Pelles ? If not, what features do we lose by using the xHB User32.lib ?

Tim

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

This is the equivalent one for Microsoft and PellesC:

http://www.fivetechsoft.com/files/prnwnd.lib

This library is not a replacement for user32.lib. It just includes a missing import function.

[Antonio Linares]

In FWH 9.07 we use Windows API PrintWindow() function (provided from user32.dll) but we have found that most C compilers don't provide it in their user32.lib

So our library is a complement for their user32.lib, not a replacement

[TimStone]

Thank you. So I use the one with xBuilder ( Pelles ) and the file you asked me to download ! GOT IT ! Thanks.

Here is a request. In several replies you have noted extra libraries that we should now be using, but if we don't happen to read that thread, we miss the info. Could you possibly start a "sticky thread" ( stays at the top ) that lists the libraries we should download, their links, and a brief description of what they do in FWH ? I think that would be very helpful, and probably eliminate a lot of questions.

Thanks for all the ongoing work and support.

Tim

[Antonio Linares]

Tim,

Yes, thats a very good idea. We are going to organize it.

Anyhow if the user32.lib causes much troubles to FWH users (same question asked again and again) then we may modify our code to call PrintWindow() dynamically, so there will be no need to use this extra import library.