RE: Problem building an application over SFL

Gianluca:

I apologize ahead of time for what we had to implement here in order to
provide SNACC exported classes.  The problem you suffer is in how the
certain class definitions MUST be EXPORTED from a DLL, but IMPORTED to an
application.  Unfortunately this problem has become multi-dimensional since
the SNACC compiler itself exports definitions, as well as the libCert DLL
(and soon the ACL library).  In your case, this problem is easily solved,
but you must understand the subtle use of these defines.  If you look
carefully at the DEFINES for the libCertDLL application, you will find the
following:

LIBCERTDLL_EXPORTS,VDASNACCDLL_API_EXPORTS

which in turn define "dllexport" declarations for all classes to be
exported.  These same include files default the declaration to "dllimport".
In your case, you must have one or more of the defintions defined for export
OR defined to be ""; THEY MUST BE DEFINED IN THE APPLICATION AS "dllimport"
(which basically means the declarations must be removed from the compiler
command line in your application).

These defines are all you need to remove from your project; be careful to
RE-BUILD ALL after changing, the compiler is not too smart about such
changes related to remote include files (those included by other include
files).

The new manual defines this obscure use of defines briefly.  There are
several project definitions in the SFL that define the declarations as ""
for static linking (not DLL linking as is the default for our test
utilities).  These static definitions are used for applications that wish to
make use of the static link features (minimizes DLLs).

Bob Colestock
VDA.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gianluca Ramunno [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: R: Problem building an application over SFL


Also, using the same .lib and .dll I compiled 
CertificateBuilder and AutoHi and both work well.
Thank's again
Gianluca

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: 
> Inviato: 28 June 2000 16:34
> A: '[email protected]'
> Oggetto: Problem building an application over SFL
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to build (VC++) a very simple command-line 
> application which 
> does (or should do ...) following operations:
> 
> * login & sign
> * login & verify
> 
> There is no problem for the login. It works well (verified by 
> means of debug)
> using CSM_AppLogin class (using Free3 CTIL & Crypto++ 3.1).
> The problem is signing. When I try to insert instructions 
> into C++ code for instancing
> CSM_MsgToSign class (static instance defining a class 
> variable or dynamic instance
> using a pointer and 'new' keyword), the linker return to me a 
> lot of errors
> 
> I can't understand what is wrong!!!
> I would appreciate any help!!!
> Thank's
> Gianluca Ramunno
> 
> 
> *******************************************
> code causing errors:
> 
> CSM_MsgToSign *m_pESSignMsg;  //this definition is in a 
> header file (escmd.h)
> CSM_Buffer *p;
> p= new CSM_Buffer(DATA_TO_BE_SIGNED_FILENAME);
> m_pESSignMsg= (CSM_MsgToSign *) new CSM_MsgToSign(p);
> 
> or
> 
> CSM_MsgToSign m_ESSignMsg;
> 
> 
> ***********************
> Some info about building
> 
> * Win32 Console application (escmd.exe), Debug Multithread
> * from header file (escmd.h):
> 	#include "sm_api.h"
> 	#include "sm_AppLogin.h"
> * I copied all SFL libraries (.lib and .dll) in a directory 
> under root dir of my project (setting this
> libraries in linker options)
> * I set include path in compiler options to all SmimeR1.6 
> include directories
> 
> ***********************
> Linker error
> 
> 
> --------------------Configuration: escmd - Win32 
> Debug--------------------
> Compiling...
> escmd.cpp
> Linking...
> libCertDLLd.lib(libCertDLLd.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: 
> virtual __thiscall CSM_OID::~CSM_OID(void)" 
> (??1CSM_OID@@UAE@XZ) already defined in escmd.obj
> msvcirtd.lib(MSVCIRTD.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: class 
> ostream & __thiscall ostream::operator<<(char const *)" 
> (??6ostream@@QAEAAV0@PBD@Z) already defined in 
> libcimtd.lib(ostream.obj)
> msvcirtd.lib(MSVCIRTD.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: class 
> ostream & __thiscall ostream::flush(void)" 
> (?flush@ostream@@QAEAAV1@XZ) already defined in 
> libcimtd.lib(ostream.obj)
> LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_free" imported
> LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_calloc" imported
> LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_abort" imported
> LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_sprintf" imported
> libsmutild.lib(sm_cms.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved 
> external symbol __imp__longjmp
> libsmutild.lib(sm_ess.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved 
> external symbol __imp__longjmp
> libsmutild.lib(sm_Attr.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved 
> external symbol __imp__strdup
> libsmutild.lib(sm_MsgSignerInfo.obj) : error LNK2001: 
> unresolved external symbol __imp__strdup
> OLDNAMES.lib(strdup.obi) : error LNK2001: unresolved external 
> symbol __imp__strdup
> OLDNAMES.lib(strdup.obi) : error LNK2001: unresolved external 
> symbol __imp___strdup
> lib/escmd.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
> Error executing link.exe.
>