[SOLVED] How can you examine lib files?

How can you examine lib files?

I have a List of 390 Libraries and need to port a software from lab CVI to Visual C. Those dependencies are killing me.

I cant import all of them, that would be overkill - and not all of them are unique and/or can be loaded at all.

Is there an easy way to determine what calls a lib file takes? Are there any editors for this?

Solution

The Microsoft librarian program LIB.EXE allows you to examine library contents, assuming you are asking about static libraries. It's part of the VC++ distribution, or at least it used to be - I don't use VC++ any more. These are the options available:

Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 6.00.8168
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved.

usage: LIB [options] [files]

   options:

      /CONVERT
      /DEBUGTYPE:CV
      /DEF[:filename]
      /EXPORT:symbol
      /EXTRACT:membername
      /INCLUDE:symbol
      /LIBPATH:dir
      /LINK50COMPAT
      /LIST[:filename]
      /MACHINE:{ALPHA|ARM|IX86|MIPS|MIPS16|MIPSR41XX|PPC|SH3|SH4}
      /NAME:filename
      /NODEFAULTLIB[:library]
      /NOLOGO
      /OUT:filename
      /REMOVE:membername
      /SUBSYSTEM:{NATIVE|WINDOWS|CONSOLE|WINDOWSCE|POSIX}[,#[.##]]
      /VERBOSE