Compiling API exits on Windows systems

Compile and link the sample API exit program, amqsaxe0.c, on Windows

A manifest file is an optional XML document containing the version, or any other, information that can be embedded in a compiled application or DLL.

If we have no such document, omit the -manifest manifest.file parameter in the mt command.

Adapt the commands in the examples in Figure 1 or Figure 2 to compile and link amqsaxe0.c on Windows. The commands work with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, 2010, or 2012. The examples assume that the C:\Program Files\IBM\MQ\tools\c\samples directory is the current directory.

32 bit

cl /c /nologo /MD /Foamqsaxe0.obj amqsaxe0.c

link /nologo /dll /def:amqsaxe.def



amqsaxe0.obj \
   /manifest /out:amqsaxe.dll

mt -nologo -manifest amqsaxe.dll.manifest \
   -outputresource:amqsaxe.dll;2

64 bit

cl /c /nologo /MD /Foamqsaxe0.obj amqsaxe0.c

link /nologo /dll /def:amqsaxe.def \
     /libpath:..\..\lib64 \




amqsaxe0.obj /manifest /out:amqsaxe.dll

mt -nologo -manifest amqsaxe.dll.manifest \
   -outputresource:amqsaxe.dll;2

Parent topic: Compiling API exits

Related concepts

• The API exit sample program