COFF to OMF

[B.E]

I am trying to build a simple application in borland c++ using the GDI+ api. I have got the application syntaxincly compiling but can not seem to link it. I downloaded it Gdi+ libary for VC+(there is none for borland c++), but the libary is in COFF format. Borland C++ only reads OMF format libarys.

I tried to use COFF2OMF, but most of the symbles are messing from the converted libary.

Is there any way i can convert the libary to COFF?

[bluecode]

I don't know the answer to your question... I just want to say that Microsoft provides the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition for free on their homepage and with vc++ you will not have any problems linking against the GDI+ library.

[B.E]

I have to do it in borland c++. because it is part of an assignment.

[mystran]

If it's part of your assignment, then you might want to ask your instructor:

"How can I link to GDI+? Is there a version that Borland understands somewhere?"

Assuming that you are required to use Borland and GDI+, then your instructor supposedly knows how to do it.

What is GDI+ anyway? I have been living under the impression that it has something to do with .NET? Can Borland deal with that? Or have I mistaken something?

(I'm going to admit that I do all my Win32 programming using the plain old Win32 C API, partly because it reminds me of SmallTalk.)

[B.E]

What is GDI+ anyway? I have been living under the impression that it has something to do with .NET? Can Borland deal with that? Or have I mistaken something?

GDI+ is an extention on the standard GDI libary. It suport more Image formats(Which is what i am using it for), and has extra effect(such as transusent and Shading). Microsoft says that it is a native .NET API. but the acual functions are in standard binary.

I just got it to work. This is how I did it

I first copied the GdiPlus.Lib to a temp folder.

A "dumpbin /ALL" on the GdiPlus.lib. the copied all of the public functions to a seperate file then ran the following command in cygwin:

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awk 'BEGIN{
print LIBRARY GDIPLUS.DLL
print 
print EXPORTS
} 

{
i=match($2,/@/)
if (i!=0) {
print substr($2,2,i-2)
}
else{
print substr($2,2)
}

}' temp.txt > lib.def

than ran

implib GdiPlus.lib lib.def.

and the copied GdiPlus.lib to my project directory and added it to my project.

Thanks Anyway