[ros-dev] Problem looking up mangled names

[Ge van Geldorp]

Without --kill-at the name in the .dlls export section will include the @..
stuff, so user32.dll would export MessageBoxW at 16 instead of MessageBoxW.
This will make apps expecting to find MessageBoxW very unhappy.

Ge van Geldorp.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Casper Hornstrup
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 19:33
> To: 'ReactOS Development List'
> Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Problem looking up mangled names
> 
> 
> Is --kill-at even needed?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com
> > [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of d_layer
> > Sent: 27. september 2004 09:48
> > To: ReactOS Development List
> > Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Problem looking up mangled names
> > 
> > Steven Edwards wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I have been trying to test Firefox and OpenOffice under
> > ReactOS and it
> > > seems to be having trouble looking up mangled names in
> > msvcrt. Firefox
> > > fails like this
> > > 
> > > (NTDLL:ldr/utils.c:1205) LdrGetExportByName(): failed to find
> > > ??3 at YAXPAX@Z
> > > 
> > > and OpenOffice fails to find this name ??1type_info@@UAE at XZ
> > > 
> > > Both of them are implemented and point to code I imported
> > from Wine a
> > > long time ago. Anyone have any idea whats up?
> > 
> > These exported names are truncated by --kill-at flag of dlltool. 
> > Attached patch should fix the problem.
> > 
> > [ChangeLog]
> > * tools/helper.mk (TARGET_MANGLED): New variable.
> > * lib/coredll/Makefile: Export mangled names from dll.
> > * lib/crtdll/makefile: Ditto.
> > * lib/msvcrt/Makefile: Ditto.
> > * lib/msvcrt20/Makefile: Ditto.
> > 
> > --
> > d_layer
> > 
> 
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