[ilink32 Error] Fatal: Unable to open file 'DATA.OBJ'

[TotteKarlsson 1]

I am restructuring a project (a VCL Forms application) to use bcc32c instead of the classic compiler.

 

I'm stuck at this linker error:

[ilink32 Error] Fatal: Unable to open file 'DATA.OBJ'

 Anyone knowing what library I should/could add in the following pragma.

#pragma comment(lib, "the-import-lib")

 

Or if there is another way to find out where the linker error comes from.

Edited March 19, 2021 by TotteKarlsson

[hansw 4]

I would assume that the library paths for bcc32c are different from the paths for the classic compiler.

You could compare the arguments passed to ilink32 in both settings.

 

HTH, Hans

[weirdo12 21]

Did you search your code for #pragma link "Data"?

[TotteKarlsson 1]

On 3/23/2021 at 11:03 AM, weirdo12 said:

Did you search your code for #pragma link "Data"?

I did. Not to be found anywhere. This problem popped up while reorganizing code into several individual packages. 

 

I do believe I got this fixed by changing my own pragmas.

 

This 'type' ( no lib extension,

#pragma comment(lib, "bindcomp")

into this

#pragma comment(lib, "bindcomp.bpi")

 

I suspect using the first #pragma links static libs into the package, which could be fine. But then, when a package links to a package that have statically linked  packages, I get linker errors.

Wonder why the linker can't reveal the reference?