Using proprietary object libraries with C++ in a windows environment

[Rocky]

I'm am attempting to make use of some functions in a 16-bit
proprietary object library, with a 32-bit C++ program. When I link the
proprietary object with my object code I get an error message along
the line 'unsupported 16 bit segment(s) in module, with the module
name'. I what I am trying to do impossible or have I got something
missing from my code. I should point out that this is my first attempt
at a full-blown C++ program.
Thanks.

[Claudio Puviani]

"Rocky" <ro*******@aol.com> wrote

I'm am attempting to make use of some functions
in a 16-bit proprietary object library, with a 32-bit
C++ program. When I link the proprietary object
with my object code I get an error message along
the line 'unsupported 16 bit segment(s) in module,
with the module name'. I what I am trying to do
impossible or have I got something missing from
my code. I should point out that this is my first
attempt at a full-blown C++ program.

This is a generic problem of library L1 built with compiler C1 and you need
to use it with program P2 built with compiler C2. Without additional
information as to what C1 and C2 are (and I don't want to know because it
would be even more off-topic than this is), one solution would be to write a
server of some kind built with C1 and a wrapper library, L2, that calls the
services of the new server and build that with C2. You can then link P2
against L2 and have access to the services of L1. How to do this efficiently
depends on your platform and your level of expertise.

Claudio Puviani

[Claudio Puviani]

"Rocky" <ro*******@aol.com> wrote

I'm am attempting to make use of some functions
in a 16-bit proprietary object library, with a 32-bit
C++ program. When I link the proprietary object
with my object code I get an error message along
the line 'unsupported 16 bit segment(s) in module,
with the module name'. I what I am trying to do
impossible or have I got something missing from
my code. I should point out that this is my first
attempt at a full-blown C++ program.

This is a generic problem of library L1 built with compiler C1 and you need
to use it with program P2 built with compiler C2. Without additional
information as to what C1 and C2 are (and I don't want to know because it
would be even more off-topic than this is), one solution would be to write a
server of some kind built with C1 and a wrapper library, L2, that calls the
services of the new server and build that with C2. You can then link P2
against L2 and have access to the services of L1. How to do this efficiently
depends on your platform and your level of expertise.

Claudio Puviani