ID Number: Q74749
1.00 1.10 | 1.00 1.10
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
PWB uses library switches in the TOOLS.INI file to determine whether
certain libraries have been installed and whether to assume explicit
or default names for each type.
More Information:
The library switches are as follows:
Switch C Libraries Affected
------ --------------------
doslibs DOS libraries
os2libs OS/2 libraries
winlibs Windows libraries
dlllibs OS/2 DLL libraries
windlllibs Windows DLL libraries
mtlibs OS/2 Multithreaded libraries
These switches should be set to either explicit, default, or none,
depending on how the libraries were named during the install process.
The Setup program places the correct settings in the TOOLS.PRE file in
a section with the [pwb-pwbc] tag. This tagged section should be
placed in your TOOLS.INI file and updated whenever any changes are
made to the installed libraries.
Further information for the library naming convention can be found
under any of these switch names in the online help.
If the library switch for a particular library type is set to default,
then attempting to select the explicit library name will not work as
expected. For example:
1. Set doslibs to default in TOOLS.INI.
2. Start PWB.
3. Choose C Compiler Options from the Options menu.
4. Choose DOS in the C Libraries section of the C Compiler Options
dialog box and select OK.
When you subsequently check the setting of C Libraries, it will be
reset to Default, even though it was just changed to DOS. This is
because doslibs is set to default and cannot be overridden in this
manner.
If the library switch for a particular library type is set to none,
then attempting to select a library of that type (either through Set
Initial Build Options under Build Options on the Options menu or
through C Libraries under C Compiler Options) will result in the
following dialog box:
----------- C Libraries Error -----------
| |
| <type> library not installed |
| Assume explicit library name? |
| |
|-----------------------------------------|
| < Yes > < No > <Cancel> < Help > |
-----------------------------------------
<type> can be either DOS, OS/2, Windows, OS/2 DLL, Windows DLL, or
OS/2 Multithreaded. Selecting Yes will assume explicit names;
selecting No will assume default names.
To avoid these situations, verify that library switch settings in the
TOOLS.INI are correct for the libraries currently installed and the
naming convention used.
Additional reference words: 1.0 1.00 1.1 1.10 6.0 6.00 6.0a 6.00a
6.0ax 6.00ax