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From: hollen@spot.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: External variables using Microsoft C and MASM
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Date: 1 Nov 88 20:10:23 GMT
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From article <142@ultb.UUCP>, by pad3563@ultb.UUCP (P.A. Deupree ):
> I've recently been trying to figure out how to interface between Microsoft C
> and Microsoft Macro Assembler and I'm having a few problems.  
    [.....stuff deleted....]
> It won't accept my externally defined variables.  I defined them all as EXTRN
> in the assembly program and gave them _ in front.  However, I'm still getting
> tons of linker messages saying they are undefined and I can't figure it.
> 
This seems to be your problem, do not use the '_' in front.  While it is true
that the complier prepends a '_' in front of all functions, it does not do
this for variables.  This should solve your problem.

	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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