PRB: .CPP Extension w/ Library Construction Kit Causes Errors (101803)

The information in this article applies to:

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

This article was previously published under Q101803

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
      };

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	12/3/2003
Keywords:	kbcode KB101803