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This article explains how to get some library files from the Microsoft Software library, and it describes how to link Microsoft Basic PDS version 7.1 with C version 5.1, FORTRAN version 5.0, or Pascal version 4.0 for MS- DOS. It is designed only for owners of Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.1, Microsoft C Compiler version 5.1, Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler version 5.0 or 5.1, and Microsoft Pascal Compiler version 4.0 for MS-DOS.
If you have FORTRAN Compiler version 5.1, please also review the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q79825
TITLE : BUG: Initialization Problem with FORTRAN and Basic
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:
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ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
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HOW TO LINK Basic PDS 7.1 WITH
C 5.1, FORTRAN 5.0, OR PASCAL 4.0
This article describes how to link Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.1 with C 5.1, FORTRAN 5.0, or Pascal 4.0.
This information applies only to Microsoft Basic PDS version 7.1, Microsoft C Compiler version 5.1, Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler version 5.0, and Microsoft Pascal Compiler version 4.0 for MS-DOS.
Basic programs compiled with Microsoft Basic PDS 7.1 use the Microsoft C version 6.0 and QuickC 2.50 format for start-up code and memory allocation. This format has changed so dramatically between C 5.1 and C 6.0 that Basic PDS 7.1 is not directly compatible with C 5.1, FORTRAN 5.0, or Pascal 4.0 (which use the C 5.1 format for start-up code and memory allocation).
NOTE: Microsoft Basic PDS 7.1 is compatible with Microsoft C PDS
6.0. Basic PDS 7.0 is compatible with C 5.1, but Basic PDS 7.1 is
not directly compatible with C 5.1 unless you use the method
described in this application note.
The files you downloaded from the MSL include the following two C 6.0 run- time libraries (which were built by running the C 6.0 SETUP.EXE program and choosing no GRAPHICS.LIB and no PGCHART.LIB included in the combined libraries):
LLIBCER.LIB and LLIBCAR.LIB
To make Basic PDS 7.1 compatible with Pascal 4.0, perform the following steps:
1. Make a copy of the Pascal run-time library that you want to make
compatible with Basic PDS 7.1. (You must keep a separate copy of
the original unmodified Pascal run-time library so you can continue
to link Pascal 4.0 programs when not using mixed-language calls.)
CRT0, FMALLOC, AMALLOC, NMALLOC, and PNMSIZE.
An example of removing these modules from the LIBPASE.LIB library
using the LIB.EXE utility is as follows:
LIB LIBPASE.LIB -CRT0 -FMALLOC -AMALLOC -NMALLOC -PNMSIZE;
Name your new Pascal library Newmixed.LIB (where Newmixed is the
filename you assign); it is now a Pascal run-time library that has
all of the conflicting code removed.
support libraries (LLIBCER.LIB and LLIBCAR.LIB) from C 6.0; thus,
you must design your Pascal program to follow the conventions of
programming in a large memory model.
below.
To make Basic PDS 7.1 compatible with FORTRAN 5.0, perform the following steps:
1. Make sure you have built the FORTRAN 5.0 library to be run-time
compatible with C.
Basic PDS 7.1 compatibility. (You must keep a separate copy of the
original unmodified FORTRAN run-time library so you can continue to
link FORTRAN 5.0 programs when not using mixed-language calls.)
library. An example of removing CHKSTK from FORTRAN's LLIBFER.LIB
library using the LIB.EXE utility is as follows:
LIB LLIBFER.LIB -CHKSTK;
Name the new FORTRAN library Newmixed.LIB. Once the CHKSTK module
has been removed, you should have a FORTRAN run-time library that
has all of the conflicting code removed.
support libraries from C 6.0; thus, you must design your FORTRAN
program to follow the conventions of programming in a large memory
model.
Once you have modified the Pascal or FORTRAN library (Newmixed.LIB as described above) and you have compiled your Pascal or FORTRAN source file(s), you must link your object modules with the proper libraries in the proper order. In the LINK command line, you must specify the Basic library first, the C 6.0 library LLIBCER.LIB or LLIBCAR.LIB (included with this application note) second, and your new Pascal or FORTRAN library (Newmixed.LIB) last. You also must link with the /NOD and /NOE options to ensure that the default libraries the object files normally use are ignored and only the libraries you explicitly list are used. The following is an example
LINK /NOD/NOE Bas1.OBJ + Mixed.OBJ, Bas1.EXE,,BRT71ENR.LIB +
LLIBCER.LIB + Newmixed.LIB;
To make Basic PDS 7.1 compatible with C 5.1, you must use a method different from the method used above for Pascal or FORTRAN.
Because the Basic PDS 7.1 and C 5.1 libraries aren't designed to be compatible, there isn't an easy way to make the two libraries work together. In this case, you must use the provided C 6.0 run-time libraries, which provide support for emulator (/FPi) (LLIBCER.LIB) and support for alternate math (/FPa) (LLIBCAR.LIB) support for MS-DOS.
The following are examples of the required Basic 7.1 and C 5.1 compiling and linking steps
BC /FPi /O Btest.BAS;
CL /c /AL /FPi Ctest.C
LINK /NOD /NOE Btest + Ctest,,,BCL71ENR.LIB LLIBCER.LIB;
Although the above methods have been designed to produce compatible results, we have not put them through a standard Microsoft mixed- language testing cycle, and it is possible that you may still encounter compatibility problems under certain conditions. We cannot guarantee the complete success of mixed-language programming of Basic 7.1 with C 5.1, FORTRAN 5.0, or Pascal 4.0. Further problems or questions can be directed to Microsoft Language Support Services.
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Version : 7.10
Platform : MS-DOSLast Reviewed: December 7, 1998