Q43787: LINK.EXE 3.69 Warning L4045 When No .QLB on Quick Library Name

Article: Q43787
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | SR# S890122-1 B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 15-DEC-1989

When creating a Quick library with LINK.EXE Version 3.69 or 5.05, the
linker warning message "L4045 NAME OF OUTPUT FILE IS <NAME>" is given
if the extension .QLB is left off the new Quick library name in the
LINK command line. This happens even if the /Q (Quick Library) option
is the first item on the LINK line. Normally, this warning message
occurs if one of the following is true:

1. The .QLB extension was left off the Quick library name.

2. The /Q option was placed at the end of the command line.

The following LINK command line should not produce this warning with
Microsoft QuickBASIC Version 4.00, 4.00b, or 4.50, with Microsoft
BASIC Compiler Version 6.00 or 6.00b, or with Microsoft BASIC PDS
Version 7.00; however, it will produce this warning using the LINK.EXE
of QuickBASIC Version 4.50 or BASIC PDS 7.00:

   LINK /Q MYLIB.LIB, QUICKLIB,,BQLB40.LIB;

The following line produces the warning number 4045 in QuickBASIC
4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50, in Microsoft BASIC Compiler 6.00 and 6.00b, and
in BASIC PDS 7.00:

   LINK MYLIB.LIB, QUICKLIB,,BQLB40.LIB /Q;

The warning message is telling you that because you did not give an
extension to the library name and because /Q was used at the end of
the LINK line, the output library will have the default extension of
.QLB. It does not affect the resulting Quick library in any way. The
library can be renamed and used without problems.

LINK.EXE Version 3.69 is shipped with QuickBASIC Version 4.50.
LINK.EXE Version 5.05 is shipped with BASIC PDS Version 7.00.

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