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LabWindows/CVI Programmer Reference Manual viii
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Borland C++ Builder......................................................................................... 3-17
Watcom Pull-in References .............................................................................. 3-17
Creating Object and Library Files in External Compilers for Use
in LabWindows/CVI..................................................................................................... 3-18
Microsoft Visual C/C++ ................................................................................... 3-18
Borland C/C++.................................................................................................. 3-18
Watcom C/C++ ................................................................................................. 3-19
Symantec C/C++............................................................................................... 3-19
Creating Executables in LabWindows/CVI .................................................................... 3-20
Creating DLLs in LabWindows/CVI .............................................................................. 3-20
Customizing an Import Library......................................................................... 3-20
Preparing Source Code for Use in a DLL......................................................... 3-21
Calling Convention for Exported Functions....................................... 3-21
Exporting DLL Functions and Variables............................................ 3-22
Include File Method............................................................................ 3-22
Export Qualifier Method .................................................................... 3-22
Marking Imported Symbols in Include File Distributed
with DLL ......................................................................................... 3-23
Recommendations .............................................................................. 3-24
Automatic Inclusion of Type Library Resource for Visual Basic .................... 3-24
Creating Static Libraries in LabWindows/CVI ............................................................... 3-25
Creating Object Files in LabWindows/CVI .................................................................... 3-26
Calling Windows SDK Functions in LabWindows/CVI................................................. 3-26
Windows SDK Include Files............................................................................. 3-26
Using Windows SDK Functions for User Interface Capabilities ..................... 3-27
Using Windows SDK Functions to Create Multiple Threads........................... 3-27
Automatic Loading of SDK Import Libraries................................................... 3-27
Setting Up Include Paths for LabWindows/CVI, ANSI C, and SDK Libraries.............. 3-28
Compiling in LabWindows/CVI for Linking in LabWindows/CVI................. 3-28
Compiling in LabWindows/CVI for Linking in an External Compiler............ 3-28
Compiling in an External Compiler for Linking in an External Compiler ....... 3-28
Compiling in an External Compiler for Linking in LabWindows/CVI............ 3-29
Handling Hardware Interrupts under Windows 95/NT................................................... 3-29
Chapter 4
Windows 3.1 Compiler/Linker Issues
Using Modules Compiled by LabWindows/CVI ............................................................ 4-1
Using 32-Bit Watcom Compiled Modules under Windows 3.1...................................... 4-1
Using 32-Bit Borland or Symantec Compiled Modules under Windows 3.1 ................. 4-2
16-Bit Windows DLLs .................................................................................................... 4-3
Helpful LabWindows/CVI Options for Working with DLLs........................... 4-4
DLL Rules and Restrictions.............................................................................. 4-4
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