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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

2171.0. "linking decwindows with third party" by MSDOA::EDYER () Tue Jan 30 1990 18:38

    We are trying to write a DECwindows program that accesses a subroutine
    that returns data from an Oracle database, but we are having problems
    linking it all together.  Appearently there are "clashes" between
    definitions of symbols, mostly in VAXCRTL, any suggestions??

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2171.1	Found it!!	MSDOA::EDYER		`Wed Jan 31 1990 14:19`	4
	The problem comes about because the standard Oracle link command tries to link in the VAX C run time libraray (the logical ORACRTLA points to it also), we fixed it by changing the file OLB$ORACRTL.OPT to point at SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL, and then didn't link it shareable.
2171.2	be careful	TOOLEY::B_WACKER		`Wed Jan 31 1990 17:24`	2
	Be careful because they have a reason for having their own library and not using ours. Something may not work, but I don't know what.
2171.3		PSW::WINALSKI	Careful with that VAX, Eugene	`Fri Feb 02 1990 18:21`	5
	They have a reason, but it's a bogus one. Point well taken, though--the proposed solution might not work. --PSW
2171.4	see note 1305	MSDOA::EDYER		`Tue Feb 06 1990 15:57`	5
	Well, it didn't. But not becuase of any problems with using our C run time library. It didn't work becuase we needed to link the applications shareable. Note 1305 outlines the exact solution, including relinking all the peices of ORACLE (yuck). Anyway, it works great and we have it running on a MAC under White Pines...