How to generate DLL files by GCC in the MinGW?

How to generate DLL files by GCC in the MinGW?

 

[Download and Install pexports]

1. Download pexports-0.43.zip.

2. Unzip pexports-0.43.zip.

$ unzip.exe pexports-0.43.zip

3. Download patchfile-1.0.zip.

4. Unzip patchfile-1.0.zip

$ unzip.exe patchfile-1.0.zip

5. Patch all related files.

$ mv patchfile-1.0 ./pexports-0.43/src/ $ cd ./pexports-0.43/src/ $ patch.exe -p0 < patchfile-1.0

6. Build and Install pexports

$ make $ cp ./pexports.exe /bin/

 

[Edit hello.h]

1 #ifndef _HELLO_H   2 #define _HELLO_H   3   4 #if defined( __cplusplus ) || defined( c_plusplus )   5 extern "C" {   6 #endif   7   8 #ifdef BUILD_DLL   9 #define DLL_API __declspec( dllexport )  10 #else  11 #define DLL_API __declspec( dllimport )  12 #endif  13  14 DLL_API void MyDllSay( void );  15  16 #if defined( __cplusplus ) || defined( c_plusplus )  17 }  18 #endif  19  20 #endif

 

 

[Edit hello.c]

1 #include <stdio.h>   2 #include "hello.h"   3   4 void MyDllSay( void )   5 {   6     printf( "I am a DLL function generated by GCC in the MinGW./n" );   7 }

 

[Build hello.c and generate DLL file]

$ gcc -c -O3 -DBUILD_DLL hello.c $ gcc -shared -o hello.dll hello.o -Wl,--out-implib,libhello.a

Notice: The red part can not be separated by blank spaces.

 

[Build hello.lib]

1. Generate hello.def file in terms of hello.dll

$ pexports.exe hello.dll > hello.def

2. Generate hello.lib in the light of hello.def

$ lib.exe /machine:i386 /def:hello.def /out:hello.lib

 

Ok, Now, we have generated hello.dll, hello.lib, hello.exp libhello.a, so other program can use it.

 

[Summarization]

1. pexports is a very good tool to generate *.def. It can be used to generate *.lib when readers only own *.dll.

2. If readers like the simple way to build *.dll. Appendix A is an alternative by utilizing Bsymbolic option of ld.exe. Please use “ld --help” to acquire more information.

 

 [Appendix A]

If readers do not like pexports tool, gcc can automatically generate *.dll, *.def and *.a in the same time.

$ gcc -c -O3 -DBUILD_DLL hello.c $ gcc -shared -Wl,--output-def,hello.def -Wl,--out-implib,libhello.a -Wl,-Bsymbolic -o hello.dll -Wl,hello.o $ lib.exe /machine:i386 /def:hello.def /out:hello.lib