'POLINK: ...Unresolved external symbol...', how do I find which lib/dll to use?

[bob202]

I get these errors, so how do I find out which lib(s) or dll(s) to include in the Linker option page?

A previous post suggested looking in the API, but where would I find this API documentation?

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POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '_Dispatch_QueryInterface'.
POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '_IHTMLElementCollection2_toString'.

Thanks

[TimoVJL]

What header file you use ?

[bob202]

#define  COBJMACROS

#include <objidl.h>
#include <exdisp.h>
#include "iehelp.h"

#include <oaidl.h>
#include <mshtml.h>
#include <mshtmlc.h>

Thanks

[TimoVJL]

Those macros are not defined mshtmlc.h ?

These found:
IHTMLElementCollection_QueryInterface(This,riid,ppvObject)
IHTMLElementCollection_toString()

[bob202]

Hi timovjl, yes, you're right. Should be only:

#define  COBJMACROS

#include <objidl.h>
#include <exdisp.h>
#include "iehelp.h"

#include <mshtml.h>


Here's the code with the calls:
...
   char * docStr;
   HRESULT hr;
   IHTMLElementCollection ** plnIHTMLElementCollection;
   IDispatch ** ppDisp;
   IHTMLDocument2 * plnIHTMLDocument2;
   IWebBrowser2 * ipBrowser;
   ipBrowser = (IWebBrowser2 *)GetWindowLong(hwnd,GWL_USERDATA);
   IWebBrowser2_get_Document(ipBrowser, ppDisp);
   hr = Dispatch_QueryInterface(ppDisp, IID_IHTMLDocument2, plnIHTMLDocument2);
   if (hr == S_OK){
     hr = IHTMLDocument2_get_all(plnIHTMLDocument2, plnIHTMLElementCollection);
     if (hr == S_OK){
       IHTMLElementCollection2_toString(plnIHTMLElementCollection, docStr);
       MessageBox(0, "docStr=", docStr, MB_OK);
     }
   }
...

Actual build output:

Building WEBBROWSER.OBJ.
...WEBBROWSER.C(91): warning #2027: Missing prototype for '_Dispatch_QueryInterface'.
...WEBBROWSER.C(95): warning #2027: Missing prototype for '_IHTMLElementCollection2_toString'.
Building BrowsApp.EXE.
POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '__Dispatch_QueryInterface'.
POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '__IHTMLElementCollection2_toString'.
POLINK: fatal error: 2 unresolved external(s).
*** Error code: 1 ***
Done.

Thanks

[bob202]

corrected output (I tried adding an extra  _ character):

Building WEBBROWSER.OBJ.
...WEBBROWSER.C(91): warning #2027: Missing prototype for 'Dispatch_QueryInterface'.
...WEBBROWSER.C(95): warning #2027: Missing prototype for 'IHTMLElementCollection2_toString'.
Building BrowsApp.EXE.
POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '_Dispatch_QueryInterface'.
POLINK: error: Unresolved external symbol '_IHTMLElementCollection2_toString'.
POLINK: fatal error: 2 unresolved external(s).
*** Error code: 1 ***
Done.

[TimoVJL]

This compiles without error:
http://www.johnfindlay.plus.com/pellesc/COM/BrowsApp.zip

[bob202]

Yes, I have tried to add the extra code above to access the DOM document using IDispatch etc. These additional calls give rise to the errors shown.

Yes, I can build the original without any problems.