[omniORB] Windows link error using static libs

[Sai-Lai Lo]

James,

There are 2 problems:

1. It is quite important to remember that the name of the runtime library
   includes the minor version number. In your case the link line should
   look like this:

  link /nologo  /subsystem:console /incremental:no
 /out:TestAdapterIFB.exe
  TestAdapterIFB.obj ActionQueue_c.obj Workflow_c.obj
  omniORB280_rt.lib omniDynamic280_rt.lib omnithread2_rt.lib
  wsock32.lib advapi32.lib  -libpath:c:\OmniORB_280\lib\x86_win32

  If you just use omniORB2.lib and omnithread.lib, you end up linking the
  static library and not the DLLs. I guess this is not what you want.

2. Since 2.7.x, the runtime library has been splited into the orbcore
   runtime and the dynamic runtime.

   On all other platforms, if you don't pass the -a flag to omniidl2 and
   you don't use Any, Typecode, DSI, DII and all the dynamic interfaces,
   you do not have to link in the dynamic runtime.

   However, for what I suspect is a compile issue, VSC++ insists on
   generating references to the dynamic runtime even when no dynamic
   interfaces are used. Therefore you have to link in
   omniDynamic280_rt.lib always. There is a workaround. Please read
   my posting 2 days ago for details:

   http://www.uk.research.att.com/omniORB/archives/1999-09/0281.html

Sai-Lai



>>>>> James Dempsey writes:

> Hi,

> I've just upgraded from OmniORB2.6.1 to OmniORB2.8.0 and
> I'm having problems linking my application.  I'm using
> Visual C++ 5.0 and linking in the static libraries using
> the following command line:

>  link /nologo  /subsystem:console /incremental:no
> /out:TestAdapterIFB.exe
>  TestAdapterIFB.obj ActionQueue_c.obj Workflow_c.obj omniORB2.lib
>  omnithread.lib
>  wsock32.lib advapi32.lib  -libpath:c:\OmniORB_280\lib\x86_win32

> I get the following errors:

> omniORB2.lib(gatekeeper.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external
> symbol "public:
> __thiscall CORBA::TypeCode_member::~TypeCode_member(void)"
> (??1TypeCode_member@C
> ORBA@@QAE@XZ)
> omniORB2.lib(tcpSocketMTfactory.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved
> external symbol "
> public: __thiscall
> CORBA::TypeCode_member::~TypeCode_member(void)" (??1TypeCode_
> member@CORBA@@QAE@XZ)
> omniORB2.lib(libcWrapper.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external
> symbol "public:
>  __thiscall CORBA::TypeCode_member::~TypeCode_member(void)"
> (??1TypeCode_member@
> CORBA@@QAE@XZ)
> omniORB2.lib(relStream.o) : error LNK2001: unresolved external
> symbol "public: _
> _thiscall CORBA::TypeCode_member::~TypeCode_member(void)"
> (??1TypeCode_member@CO
> RBA@@QAE@XZ)

> <..... more of the same ....>

> This used to work fine with 2.6.1.  Any ideas what I'm doing
> wrong?


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