Dll2Lib

Overview

This builder can be used to generate a lib file from a dll.
The lib file can then be linked into an existing project.
This uses dumpfile to export a list of symbols:

Typically:

dumpbin /exports C:\yourpath\yourlib.dll

The list of symbols is then written to a .def file.
The lib command is then used to generate the .lib file from the .def file

lib /def:C:\mypath\mylib.def /OUT:C:\mypath\mylib.lib

A side affect of this is an .exp file which also requires cleanup

Example useage:

EnsureSConsVersion(3,0,0)
env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools = ['default', 'MSBuild'], toolpath = [PyPackageDir('scons_tools_grbd.Tools')])
target = env.Dll2Lib('D:\\Temp\\SomeDll.dll')
Default(target)

Optionally a target parameter can be passed to specify a different location of the destination .lib file

target = env.Dll2Lib('D:\\Temp\\test1.lib', 'D:\\Temp\\SomeDll.dll')

An example of changing a setting:

env.Replace(DUMPBIN = 'dumpbin')

Available Options

env setting	Values	Description
DUMPBIN	‘dumpbin’	Override the executable / path to use