Import libraries for the Universal C Runtime

[Vortex]

Hello,

The attachment contains the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the import library for Universal C Runtime. The libraries are created from the text file listing the functions exported by UCRT.

A quick example :

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>

extern FILE* __cdecl __acrt_iob_func(unsigned Index);

#define _stdin  (__acrt_iob_func(0))
#define _stdout (__acrt_iob_func(1))
#define _stderr (__acrt_iob_func(2))

char *_strupr(char *str);
unsigned long _getdrives( void );

int __cdecl __stdio_common_vfprintf(unsigned __int64 _Options, FILE* _Stream, char const* _Format , int _Locale, va_list);

int printf(const char * format, ...)
{
int retVal;
va_list vl;
va_start(vl, format);
retVal = __stdio_common_vfprintf(0, _stdout,format, 0, vl);
va_end(vl);
return retVal;
}

int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
char szDrvMsg[] = "A:\n";
char mystr[]="This is a string printed with UCRT printf.\n";
unsigned long uDriveMask;

printf("%s\n",_strupr(mystr));

printf("Detected logical drives:\n");

uDriveMask = _getdrives();

while (uDriveMask) {
if (uDriveMask & 1)
printf(szDrvMsg);
++szDrvMsg[0];
         uDriveMask >>= 1;
      }

return 0;
}

Determining the functions imported by the example code :

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\PellesC\bin\podump.exe /IMPORTS Hello32.exe

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Dump of Hello32.exe

File type: EXE

        Imported symbols

        api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
               0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)

        hint  name
           0  __acrt_iob_func
           3  __stdio_common_vfprintf

        api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
               0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)

        hint  name
          3D  _strupr

        api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
               0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)

        hint  name
          15  _getdrives

        KERNEL32.dll
               0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)

        hint  name
           0  GetCommandLineA
           0  ExitProcess

[Akko]

Thanks for sharing!
I may be dense, but what is the benefit over using Pelles C functions directly?

[Vortex]

Hi Akko,

Pelle's C run-rime library is very good. If one day MS is deciding to remove the traditional msvcrt.dll, the replacement will be the new Universal C Runtime. My library is just an attempt to be prepared for tomorrow.

[TimoVJL]

If someone want to compare different functions, how those works other than Pelles C crt, how someone do that without different compiler system ?
msvcrt.dll and ucrtbase.dll + others are Windows OS dlls, that will be mostly in every Windows OSes
Also a linker's map-file is easier to read.

Also poasm users needs simple way to print out variables, while testing and sharing code examples.

[Vortex]

Hello,

The MS tools to build the import libraries can be obtained from here :

https://github.com/Data-Oriented-House/PortableBuildTools

[TimoVJL]

Is it possible to build that ucrt.lib with polib.exe too ?

[Vortex]

Hi Timo,

I will try it with the latest release of Polink.

[Vortex]

Hi Timo,

Here is my report. Run the two MakeLibs.bat files to create the import libraries for both of the 32-bit and 64-bit architectures :

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set p=E:\PellesC\bin
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%p%\Polib.exe /MACHINE:x86 /OUT:ucrt.lib api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.lib api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.lib
Polib reports some warning messages bot they are not harmful :

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POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll'; thismember will never be seen by the linker.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll'; this member will never be seen by the linker.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll'; this member will never be seen by the linker.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll'; this member will never be seen by the linker.
.
.
.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll'; this member will never be seen by the linker.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll'; this member will never be seen by the linker.
POLIB: warning: No symbols added from 'api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll'; thismember will never be seen by the linker.
Simple example built with Pelles C :

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\PellesC\bin\podump.exe /IMPORTS Test.exe

Dump of Test.exe

File type: EXE

        Imported symbols

        api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll

          406128 import address table
          406064 import name table
              0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)
              0 index of first forwarder reference

        hint  name
          0  __acrt_iob_func
          0  __stdio_common_vfprintf

        api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll

          406134 import address table
          406070 import name table
              0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)
              0 index of first forwarder reference

        hint  name
          0  _strupr

        api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll

          40613C import address table
          406078 import name table
              0 time date stamp (Thu Jan  1 03:00:00 1970)
              0 index of first forwarder reference

        hint  name
          0  _getdrives


[TimoVJL]

Nice, no need additional MS tools