Generating OMF DLL implibs on Windows – reliable?

[simendsjo]

On 04.08.2011 14:38, David Nadlinger wrote:
> Since I made some pretty negative experiences trying to get linking DLL
> on Windows to work some years ago, I have always been using dynamic
> loading (in the sense of looking up the symbol addresses at runtime) to
> avoid any COFF/OMF-related problems. However, this obviously also has
> its disadvantages, like not being able to link the libraries in question
> statically on other operating systems.
>
> Therefore, I'd like to know if the situation got better in the meantime,
> i.e. whether there is a OMF DLL import library tool available by now
> that Just Works, in the sense that you can just tell anybody who wants
> to build your project on Windows to use it without feeling guilty?
>
> Thanks,
> David

I recently had to replace kernel32.lib that is distributed with DMD.
implib didn't work very well, but by downloading the Win SDK and using 
coffimplib it worked.
If using implib, remeber the /system switch.

I don't think coffimplib or implib Just Works for all cases, although I 
would hope it does.