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Q40236: LINK4 Is Not Included in C 5.10 or MASM 5.10 Packages

Article: Q40236
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | h_masm PMWIN | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 13-JAN-1989

LINK.EXE, the incremental linker provided with the Windows Software
Development Kit for DOS, is not included with C Version 5.10 or MASM
Version 5.10, contrary to the statement on Page 82 of the January 1989
issue of the "Microsoft Systems Journal."

A bound linker, LINK.EXE Version 5.01.20, which may be used under DOS
or OS/2, comes with MASM Version 5.10 as well as the real-mode linker
Version 3.64 for DOS only. The C Version 5.10 retail package comes with
the bound linker Version 5.01.21 and the real-mode linker Version
3.65.

To link under OS/2, use the bound linker with the latest version
number you have available. To prepare for incremental linking with the
ILINK.EXE utility under OS/2, use LINK.EXE with the option /INC. See
the C Version 5.10 "Update (CodeView and Utility)" section of the
"Microsoft C 5.1 Optimizing Compiler CodeView and Utilities" manual,
or the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Updates and Microsoft Editor"
manual for more information on incremental linkage and the ILINK.EXE
utility.

LINK with /INC and ILINK have failed to work correctly for Windows
program development under DOS, contrary to our documentation. DOS
Windows developers should use LINK4, which comes with the Windows SDK.

The ILINK utility should only be used under OS/2 for creating OS/2
programs.

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