[Mingw-users] I'm having a problem linking to a library

[Butt, V. A. <vau...@nz...>]

Any clarification would be appreciated...

The library that I'm trying to link to has been compiled in MSVC.

I read in the G++ FAQ (in the MinGW documentation) about "Why can't I link
g++-compiled programs against libraries compiled by some other C++
compiler?".  Does this situation only apply to c++ files/libraries or does
it also apply to c files/libraries?

OTOH, my problem may be ignorance about how to use gcc to perform linking.
My makefile is as follows;
>>>>
#makefile
mine.exe : mine.o
	gcc -mconsole -o mine.exe mine.o foo.lib

mine.o : mine.c makefile foo.h
	gcc -c -o mine.o mine.c
<<<<

All files are stored in C:\temp\
the function A_Register is defined is foo.h as follows
__declspec( dllimport ) AHANDLE A_Register (char* pHost,
                                            int   iPort,
                                            char* pAppName,
                                            char* pClientDesc);

The result of a 'make' is as follows;
>>>>
C:\TEMP>make
gcc -c -o mine.o mine.c
gcc -mconsole -o mine.exe mine.o foo.lib
mine.o(.text+0xea):mine.c: undefined reference to `_imp__A_Register'
make: *** [mine.exe] Error 1
<<<<

TIA,
VB