win32 api & lib issue

[Peter Hu]

On Thursday, 2 November 2023 at 09:13:11 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
> On Thursday, 2 November 2023 at 09:08:02 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>> On Thursday, 2 November 2023 at 08:31:41 UTC, Peter Hu wrote:
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> From time to time I encountered issues on the subjected after 
>>> I upgraded my dmd package.Given below code :
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> If it still doesn't work try adding this:
>>
>> ```d
>> pragma(lib, "user32");
>> pragma(lib, "comdlg32");
>> ```
>
> Another alternative if you're using dub is to add this in your 
> dub.json instead:
>
> ```json
> "libs": ["user32", "comdlg32"]
> ```
>
> This seems be something related to DMD vs LDC. Because if I 
> change the compiler to DMD I also get unresolved external 
> symbols, but not with LDC.
>
> It seems the forwarding of directives from submodules are 
> different.
Thank you.

Below two pragma solved the isse but am confused as they are 
already in the system path.This is the first time I have to 
include lib files here.How come other gui programs don't have to 
do this.
pragma(lib,"user32");
pragma(lib,"comdlg32");