Sorry if I started this thread in wrong place.
Alright, this might sound silly but, I don't want an EXE, a DLL or OCX. I want the VB IDE to generate only an .OBJ (Object Files).
Now, why would I want that ?
I want that because the Linker can do something(s) more than what Microsoft wanted VB Users to be able to do with a VB IDE.
Linker has some compiler switches which can result in the output files to be produced as a Standard DLL and or a standard DeviceDriver File (.SYS)
Although a Standard DLL with Exports and DllMain has been shown and widely available on the Net (Ron Standard DLL Method), I want to test how it goes with the /DRIVER switch. I know that a System File (.SYS) can be produced with the NativeNT for Freepascal or simply DDK / MinGW too in C / C++.
Even Freebasic can create one so I want to do it in VB6.
I tried using VB6 from Command Line but vb6 /? produced no useful results that could aid in the creation of the Object Files.
A high possibility that I think of is Linker.exe itself being used in the .OBJ creation.
Please don't reply that it depends on VB6 Runtime Files because maybe we can create one that doesnot use most of the Runtime Files at all and achieves them from the System Resources.
Thanks
Alright, this might sound silly but, I don't want an EXE, a DLL or OCX. I want the VB IDE to generate only an .OBJ (Object Files).
Now, why would I want that ?
I want that because the Linker can do something(s) more than what Microsoft wanted VB Users to be able to do with a VB IDE.
Linker has some compiler switches which can result in the output files to be produced as a Standard DLL and or a standard DeviceDriver File (.SYS)
Although a Standard DLL with Exports and DllMain has been shown and widely available on the Net (Ron Standard DLL Method), I want to test how it goes with the /DRIVER switch. I know that a System File (.SYS) can be produced with the NativeNT for Freepascal or simply DDK / MinGW too in C / C++.
Even Freebasic can create one so I want to do it in VB6.
I tried using VB6 from Command Line but vb6 /? produced no useful results that could aid in the creation of the Object Files.
A high possibility that I think of is Linker.exe itself being used in the .OBJ creation.
Please don't reply that it depends on VB6 Runtime Files because maybe we can create one that doesnot use most of the Runtime Files at all and achieves them from the System Resources.
Thanks