EB> I am desperately hoping somebody that can help me with this problem.
EB> 
EB> I am trying to access an external function, ReadPort, which is
EB> contained in this source file "codeit.c": (Please note:  I
stripped the
EB> function of a lot of code during my testing, just trying to get it to
EB> work.:) (Dont worry, its short):
EB> 
EB> Here's the problem.  I compile it into codeit.obj and then copy it to
EB> the guidelines directory, \guide\sys\  and I get the following error
EB> when guidelines goes to link:
EB> 
EB> 2029 unresolved external ReadPort() in Infinity.CPP
EB> 
EB> codeit.obj is correctly being incorporated into Link386.  Also, if I
EB> try to use IMPLIB instead, Link correctly tries the .LIB file but no
EB> matter what, the above function cannot be found.
EB> 
EB> Is it wrong for me to be using a C function OBJ with a C++ program?
EB> What could I be doing wrong?  (BTW, the source for openport.h is
EB> simply:

The name is getting mangled in your source. To prevent mangling use the
following construct:


extern "C" {
 short ReadPort(void);
}

David Johnson


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