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jcherw



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:16 pm    Post subject: Use of DLLs Reply with quote

I am a bit of an old fashioned command line programmer and struggle how to deal with DLLs . Do I integrate them via Plato? If so, where are they referenced in Plato? I have also tried direct linking following the advise in https://www.silverfrost.com/ftn95-help/slink/direct_linking_with_dlls.aspx , but can't get that to work.

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mecej4



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the command line, just specify the name of the DLL to the linker, as you would a static library. For example, if you write MyProg.F90, and that contains calls to one or more routines in TheirLib.DLL, do

FTN95 MyProg.F90
SLINK MyProg.obj TheirLib.DLL
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's exactly what I did but it did not work.
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So I created a map file and it contains stuff like

EDATE@ - CLEARWIN64.DLL
R4@WSF - CLEARWIN64.DLL
SLEEP@ - CLEARWIN64.DLL

which in my view would indicate that the clearwin DLL is correctly linked

however there is a whole list of calls unresolved (see below) and those are clearwin calls as faras I understand from eg https://www.silverfrost.com/ftn95-help/clearwinp/library/rotate_font_.aspx

what am I missing ??????

ROTATE_FONT@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_POINT@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_FILLED_ELLIPSE@ *Unresolved* -
SIZE_IN_PIXELS@ *Unresolved* -
BOLD_FONT@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_RECTANGLE@ *Unresolved* -
SET_LINE_WIDTH@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_FILLED_RECTANGLE@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_CHARACTERS@ *Unresolved* -
DRAW_LINE_BETWEEN@ *Unresolved* -
SET_MOUSE_CURSOR_POSITION@ *Unresolved* -
ADD_MENU_ITEM@ *Unresolved* -
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mecej4



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The fact that the missing externals have uppercase names and are decorated with '@' indicates that you forgot to USE CLRWIN or INCLUDE 'CLEARWIN.INS' in your source code.
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had included already

use clrwin$

which is the 64 bit version of clearwin.ins (see https://www.silverfrost.com/ftn95-help/clearwinp/util/64bit.aspx)

Still getting teh same error on unresolved calls to various functions as per previous post
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I now replaced the use clrwin$ statement everywhere with

include <windows.ins>

and that fixes the unresolved calls.

Not sure however how this will work out for 64 bit as I understand that windows.ins was only for 32 bit ????

So big step forward, but ....
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok finally got sorted, I think. For 64 option the @ in the function calls need to be replaced by $ and than things seem to work w use clrwin$
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PaulLaidler
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For FTN95 you should use @ and USE CLRWIN.
For gFortran (or both FTN95 and gFortran) you should use $ and USE CLRWIN$.
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jcherw



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, but I am still a bit confused

From the clearwin users guide https://www.silverfrost.com/ftn95-help/clearwinp/util/64bit.aspx i understood that for the 64 bit version (of ftn95) I have to use clrwin$ and function calls ending in the $ sign.

But from the last comment I understand that for ftn95 64 bit I can also use clrwin and function calls ending in @

Is there any problem using the clrwin $ everywhere? (ie for ftn95 bit and other 64 bit fortran compilers?)
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jcherw

The link that you provided describes how to access ClearWin+ from third party compilers such as gFortran.

For the most part you can use $ with FTN95 but it is simpler to use @ because almost all of the documentation uses @ and this is the native and historical approach. Also you might find the odd thing here and there that does not work with $.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok - thanks a lot all who commented. I'll re-jig (revert back) the code to work with clrwin and @
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