LINK4 Is Not Included in C 5.10 or MASM 5.10 Packages

ID Number: Q40236

5.10 | 5.10

MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary:

LINK.EXE, the incremental linker provided with the Windows Software

Development Kit for DOS, is not included with C Version 5.10 or MASM

Version 5.10, contrary to the statement on Page 82 of the January 1989

issue of the "Microsoft Systems Journal."

More Information:

A bound linker, LINK.EXE Version 5.01.20, which may be used under DOS

or OS/2, comes with MASM Version 5.10 as well as the real-mode linker

Version 3.64 for DOS only. The C Version 5.10 retail package comes with

the bound linker Version 5.01.21 and the real-mode linker Version

3.65.

To link under OS/2, use the bound linker with the latest version

number you have available. To prepare for incremental linking with the

ILINK.EXE utility under OS/2, use LINK.EXE with the option /INC. See

the C Version 5.10 "Update (CodeView and Utility)" section of the

"Microsoft C 5.1 Optimizing Compiler CodeView and Utilities" manual,

or the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Updates and Microsoft Editor"

manual for more information on incremental linkage and the ILINK.EXE

utility.

LINK with /INC and ILINK have failed to work correctly for Windows

program development under DOS, contrary to our documentation. DOS

Windows developers should use LINK4, which comes with the Windows SDK.

The ILINK utility should only be used under OS/2 for creating OS/2

programs.