save cpp file as object file

[Larry]

Hi,

I am writing a class made up of a class.h file and a class.cpp file. I'd
like to share that class without providing the original source code... so I
think I should share a class.h file and a class.obj file...How can I get a
.obf file from a .cpp file??

I'd like a class.obj file as a release version

thanks

[Nathan Mates]

Post by Larry
I am writing a class made up of a class.h file and a class.cpp file. I'd
like to share that class without providing the original source code... so I
think I should share a class.h file and a class.obj file...How can I get a
.obf file from a .cpp file??

.obj files are not really portable. See your compiler documentation
(you didn't specify *which* compiler you use, so we can't be more
specific as to this step) as to how to make a .lib file -- which is
designed specifically for this purpose. .lib files are made from one
or more .c and/or .cpp files, and and don't provide the source code.

Nathan Mates

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[Larry]

Post by Nathan Mates
.obj files are not really portable. See your compiler documentation
(you didn't specify *which* compiler you use, so we can't be more
specific as to this step) as to how to make a .lib file -- which is
designed specifically for this purpose. .lib files are made from one
or more .c and/or .cpp files, and and don't provide the source code.

VC++ EE on windows vista...actually I don't mean to share it as I would do
with a DLL. it is just to share it across a small group of programmers
dealing with the same app.

[Stephan T. Lavavej [MSFT]]

LIB files are essentially convenient packages of OBJ files.

STL

Post by Larry

Post by Nathan Mates
.obj files are not really portable. See your compiler documentation
(you didn't specify *which* compiler you use, so we can't be more
specific as to this step) as to how to make a .lib file -- which is
designed specifically for this purpose. .lib files are made from one
or more .c and/or .cpp files, and and don't provide the source code.

VC++ EE on windows vista...actually I don't mean to share it as I would do
with a DLL. it is just to share it across a small group of programmers
dealing with the same app.