command line arguement for Win32

User 1149186

Sir, I have developed an application using Win32. Inside main(){ .. } I have created a server socket and waiting to accept to connect. How should I create an exe fom the command line. It takes WS2_32.lib AS a parameter to give an exe. Pls guide what can be command line parameters so that it can combine with the lib file to create exe..

valikac

You cannot link a library to an executable at runtime. How do you expect to compile the winsock library at runtime? Kuphryn

Nirav Doshi

I think you can just give a #pragma directive like:

#pragma comment (lib, "ws2_32")

in your source code (It can be a common header file, like stdafx.h, if you're using MFC!) With this directive, you will NOT require any command line parameters, or even to include the LIB/DLL file in your project settings. The compiler will pick up the LIB file and use it while compiling. * Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better! *

User 1149186

my aim is ti likn the object file and the lib file to create the exe. How should I go about this

David Crow

kuphryn wrote: You cannot link a library to an executable at runtime. Sure you can. It's called explicit linking.

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valikac

Correct. Explicit linking works for DLL. How about library? Kuphryn