  Shareable Image, LINKER, and RECTYP error? 
 The Question is:
 
SHARED OBJECTS.
I create a shared object and then examine the shared object using analyze. This
 shows that the image is sharable and that the entry vectors are defined.
 
 
Analyze Image                                 9-AUG-2001 14:20:51.62   Page 1
MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;8
ANALYZ A07-04
 
This is an OpenVMS Alpha image file
 
IMAGE HEADER
 
    Fixed Header Information
 
        image format major id: 3, minor id: 0
        header block count: 2
        image type: shareable (EIHD$K_LIM)
            global section major id: %X'04', minor id: %X'660AE9'
            match control: ISD$K_MATEQU
        I/O channel count: default
        I/O pagelet count: default
        Symbol Vector Virtual Address: %X'000140F0'
        Symbol Vector Size: 32 bytes
        Virtual Memory Block Size: 65536 (BPAGE = 16)
        Fixup Section Virtual Address: %X'00190000'
        linker flags:
            (0)  EIHD$V_LNKDEBUG  0
            (1)  EIHD$V_LNKNOTFR  0
            (2)  EIHD$V_NOP0BUFS  0
            (3)  EIHD$V_PICIMG    1
            (4)  EIHD$V_P0IMAGE   0
            (5)  EIHD$V_DBGDMT    1
            (6)  EIHD$V_INISHR    1
            (7)  EIHD$V_XLATED    0
            (8)  EIHD$V_BIND_CODE 0
            (9)  EIHD$V_BIND_DATA 0
            (10) EIHD$V_MKTHREADS 0
            (11) EIHD$V_UPCALLS   0
            (12) EIHD$V_OMV_READY 0
            (13) EIHD$V_EXT_BIND_ 0
        system version (major/minor): 3.0
        system version array empty
 
....
 
4.  GLOBAL SYMBOL DIRECTORY (EOBJ$C_EGSD), 120 bytes
 
    1) Universal Symbol Specification (EGSD$C_SYMG)
        data type: DSC$K_DTYPE_Z (0)
        symbol flags:
            (0)  EGSY$V_WEAK      0
            (1)  EGSY$V_DEF       1
            (2)  EGSY$V_UNI       1
            (3)  EGSY$V_REL       1
            (4)  EGSY$V_COMM      0
            (5)  EGSY$V_VECEP     0
            (6)  EGSY$V_NORM      1
        psect: 0
        value: 16 (%X'00000010')
        symbol vector entry (procedure)
            %X'00000000 000458BC'
 
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            %X'00000000 00010E18'
        symbol: "GET_PREPAID_BILL"
 
    2) Universal Symbol Specification (EGSD$C_SYMG)
        data type: DSC$K_DTYPE_Z (0)
        symbol flags:
            (0)  EGSY$V_WEAK      0
            (1)  EGSY$V_DEF       1
            (2)  EGSY$V_UNI       1
            (3)  EGSY$V_REL       1
            (4)  EGSY$V_COMM      0
            (5)  EGSY$V_VECEP     0
            (6)  EGSY$V_NORM      1
        psect: 0
        value: 0 (%X'00000000')
        symbol vector entry (procedure)
            %X'00000000 00044ABC'
            %X'00000000 00010D80'
        symbol: "GET_CONTRACT_BILL"
 
But when I run the following program I cannot find the entry vectors in the
 sharable image.
 
#include "stdio.h"
#include &lt;dlfcn.h&gt;
 
 
int main (void)
 
  void *handle = NULL;
  int   i      = 0;
  void *fp     = NULL;
  char *err    = NULL;
 
  err = dlerror();
 
  handle = dlopen("MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE", RTLD_NOW);
  err = dlerror();
 
  fp = dlsym(handle, "GET_PREPAID_BILL");
  err = dlerror();
 
  if (fp == NULL) {
    printf ("NO NO Noooooo\n");
  } else {
    printf ("OOOoooooo YES!\n");
  }
 
 
When I try to link against this sharable image the linker goes nuts...
 
MTNA05 $@lc-main
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 1 is illegal (3.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 2 is illegal (1.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 3 is illegal (0.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 4 is illegal (1.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 5 is illegal (12425.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 6 is illegal (992.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 7 is illegal (49.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 8 is illegal (1152.)
%LINK-W-RECTYP, file MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]TEST.EXE;14 record
 9 is illegal (1852.).....
 
The link script is
 
MTNA05 $type lc-main.com
LINK/ALPHA/NOUSERLIBRARY/TRACE/DEBUG/MAP=MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]
MAIN.MAP;-
/EXE=MTN_DEV1:[USERS.MD.OBJECT_BROKER.LIB_2]MAIN.EXE;/SYSEXE
 MAIN.obj,TEST.EXE/SHARE,[USERS.MD.LIB]LIBMD/LIB,-
ORA_OLB:LIBSQL/LIB,ORA_OLB:RDBMS_OBJLIB/LIB,ORA_OLB:ORACLIENT_64/OPT,SYS$INPUT/O
PT
 
It seems to make no difference if I use the install utility to install test.exe
 
 The Answer is :
 
  Please read through the Shareable Image Cookbook, available at the
  main Ask The Wizard webpage -- the shareable image was (incorrectly)
  specified as an object file, and the LINKER is reporting that the
  contents of an input object file do not have the expected format.
  The Shareable Image Cookbook describes how to design, create, and
  use a shareable image.
 
  The use of dynamic image activation (via the C dlopen call or via
  the OpenVMS run-time library routine lib$find_image_symbol) to
  dynamically activate a shareable image is generally not used when
  the image is already linked against the shareable image.  Put another
  way, if you expect to dynamically load the image then you probably do
  not want to include the shareable image when linking the other image(s)
  of the application program.
 
  The dlopen and dlsym calls use the lib$find_image_symbol routine
  that is referenced in The Sharable Image Cookbook.
 
  Related topics include (1314), (2002), (2486), (6363), etc.
 
 Answer written or last revised on  19-SEP-2001 
