extern "C" data import

[abp]

Hi All!

I am converting a "C" file to a C++ file for a project.
The file uses external functions definitions from a shared library(dll) which is built with C linkage. So when I converted this file to C++ I set the function declarations of these functions as extern "C". That is all fine, but there is a global data called "pdb_object *open_object" which is exported by the above dll. This is defined in a global file calld "pdb.glb". I have included this file
also with extern "C".

extern "C"
{
#include <pdb.glb>
}

and
#define DLLIMP __declspec(dllimport)

extern &quot;C&quot; DLLIMP pdb_object* open_object;

But what is happening is that, at build time the compiler is not able to resolve this global definition and gives an error.

Deneb2CgrMain.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol &quot;__declspec(dllimport) struct pdb_object * open_object&quot; (__imp_?open_object@@3PAUpdb_object@@A)

What is peculiar is that it is able to resolve most other data members imported from the dll similarly...

I did a dumpbin on the dll and I am able to see the definition for this particular symbol...

Thanks
Anand

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