hey all,
this is the closest place i know to ask, please forgive if out of topic but
i'm sure this is a smart forum.

i'm trying to using masm that's in vsnet2003 and the particular command i'm
having trouble with is the LINK.EXE command.

whenever i try to type it in on the command line link /? i get an error
message saying that the dll can't be found and i should reinstall.

thanks,
rodchar

Re: mspbd71.dll not found by Carl

Carl
Tue Jun 26 16:06:32 CDT 2007

"rodchar" <rodchar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B961A7B-6C87-44B0-9F3D-6229368D04CB@microsoft.com...
> hey all,
> this is the closest place i know to ask, please forgive if out of topic
> but
> i'm sure this is a smart forum.
>
> i'm trying to using masm that's in vsnet2003 and the particular command
> i'm
> having trouble with is the LINK.EXE command.
>
> whenever i try to type it in on the command line link /? i get an error
> message saying that the dll can't be found and i should reinstall.

That means that the DLL can't be found and you probably should reinstall -
or at least check your environment for correct PATH.

The error suggests that link.exe from VC7.1 is found on the path, but
mspdb71.dll cannot be found on the path. I would expect mspdb71.dll to be
found in <vs-install-dir>\Common7\IDE, while link.exe would be in
<vs-install-dir>\vc7\bin.

-cd



Re: mspbd71.dll not found by Matt

Matt
Wed Jun 27 09:45:13 CDT 2007


"rodchar" <rodchar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B961A7B-6C87-44B0-9F3D-6229368D04CB@microsoft.com...
> i'm trying to using masm that's in vsnet2003 and the particular command
> i'm
> having trouble with is the LINK.EXE command.
>
> whenever i try to type it in on the command line link /? i get an error
> message saying that the dll can't be found and i should reinstall.

IIRC, that module doesn't exist in either the .NET 2003 package or the SDK.
Building a release version should work.