You get the following error during compilation of a VC++ project under VS.Net 2002, 2003
LNK2016: Absolute symbol '@comp.id' used as target of DIR32NB relocation
This is a known issue to the VC++.NET 2002, 2003, the error is caused by a linker bug when you try to export in a single DLL more then 32K symbols.
There is addressed in QB831995 a hot fix is available.