Re: [Mingw-users] Converting static libraries (e.g. d3dx9.lib)

[Aaron W. L. <aar...@aa...>]

Marcin Zaj=B1czkowski wrote:

> Recently I wanted to use MinGW (3.3.1 with Dev-C++ 4.9.9.0) to write &=20
> compile game uses DirectX 9. When I wanted to use d3dx9.lib I had=20
> problem with convert it to format which is undestood by MinGW=20
> (http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll). From Google I know=20
> that many people had problem with this. Currently I use d3dx9d.lib, but=
=20
> this require to attach d3dx9d.dll to my program.

No conversion is necessary.  d3dx9.lib is not an import library; it is a
normal archive of objects.

However, there were in the past a few reasons that it wouldn't work.  At
least two of them have been resolved one way or another in the official
sources, but I'm unsure of the present status.  I have not attempted
this in some time.  I will review this again eventually.

If you're trying to get it work, its actually 99% working, with just a
few minor bugs or incompatibilities in the toolchain that prevent it
from working out-of-the-box.  With a little bit of time tracking down
the problems in the usual fashion, you should be able to get it to work.

Aaron W. LaFramboise