The tool to generate an import library for a Dynamic Link Library (DLL), thus the functions can be called correctly from an executable programme. This possibility mainly becomes to be interesting, if time and again the same functions are needed in divers programmes, which get access to each other.
The possible control parameters are ascertained by a call (without arguments) of:
implib.exewhere the English explanation reads the following:
Borland implib Version 2.0.140.1 Copyright © 1991, 1997 Borland International
Syntax: implib [options] library_name[.lib] [@configuration_file | source_name] [source_name ...]
options:
-c case sensitive symbols -f force imports by name (with hints) -i ignore exit function WEP( ) -o remove module extensions (16 bit Windows) -w no warnings
The configuration_file may contain a list of source files to process.
Jokers are permissable for file names with extension .dll and .def.
Whether in case of a translation of this programme into other languages also all option characters are to be translated, can be discussed.
The follwoing call generates an import library from a Dynamic Link Library (DLL):
implib.exe example.lib example.dll
Then, the generated import library *.lib can normally be included to the executable file *.exe ([1997Lou], chapter 11.3, page 249-250). The file import32.lib is an import library for many Windows functions.
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