Linking Problem in VC++8.0

[amt_muk]

Hello friends,

I am facing a linking problem in VC++8.0 compiler.

Suppose I have a library, say A.dll.
In this library I have a file, say x.cpp. Within this file there is a extern const variable, like

.....
__declspec( dllexport ) extern const long ERROR = 100; 
.....

Now I am trying to access that constant from another library, say B.dll.

...
extern const long ERROR;
...
void ABC::func()
{
       std::cout<<ERROR;
}
...

Now whenever I am trying to build B.dll I am getting a linking error like
ABC.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "long const ERROR" ....

I have already linked A.lib in the makefile to generate B.dll

Pls help me to fix the problem.

Thanx,
Amit

[kenji]

Check and make sure that you have defined ERROR in you code.

[cikara21]

Use static before __declspec...first lib.!...

[ArkM]

May be it helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/90530
I don't test it because I never used global variables (it's true ;) ).

[amt_muk]

One more point I want to mention that it is running fine (obviously except __declspec( dllexport ) ) in Solaris environment with Sun Studio 10 compiler.