Visa, BorladC++ Builder3.1, linking errors

Question

I have linking error, then building my program written in BorlandC++ Builder3.1
(program has no compiling errors)
I need to use header in my program.
It was installed in C:\VXIpnp\Win95\include directory.
I have 2 linking errors:
Undefined symbol _viClose in module
Undefined symbol _viOpen in module
I copied all VISA (driver from National Insruments (www.ni.com), i use it to communicate with serial port RS232)
so I copied all VISA files from C:\VXIpnp\Win95 to C:\BorlandC dirctory ("include" ant "lib" folders respectively)
errors persist.
In BorlandC++ Options>>Directories i wrote paths to library and to include in C:\VXIpnp\Win95.
errors persist.
I also tried with following
3 programs:
1) BorlandC++ Builder 6 (evaluation version)
2) Icc – win32 (free) and
3) SoftIntegration Ch 4.5 standart (free)
They all throwed the same error messages:
Undefined symbol _viClose in module
Undefined symbol _viOpen in module
ViClose and viOpen are defined in hereby:
72) ViStatus _VI_FUNC viOpenDefaultRM (ViPsession vi);
83) ViStatus _VI_FUNC ViClose (ViObject vi);
I opened visatype.h to fined out how ViStatus....are defined and made table:
Are _VI_FUNC and VIPSession defined correctly?
(Because there is no such variable as ViPtr and VISAFN in BorlandC.)
If they are not how must i define them?
I attached visa.h and visatype.h and table for convenience.
Thanks in advise
Gintare
Attachments:
table.doc ‏34 KB
visatype.h ‏6 KB
visa.h ‏34 KB

Answer 1

Are you linking against C:\VXIpnp\Win95\lib\bc\visa32.lib? If not, do so and that should solve your problems.
If you are trying to link with that library, and it's not working, perhaps you'll need to create your own import library based on visa32.dll. We haven't changed the Borland import library in awhile, and I don't know if it's still compatible with the latest versions of the Borland products.
Dan Mondrik
National Instruments