The Blt_Init function.

[Blair Kitchen]

Hello,
  I'm using Blt to develop a GUI, and I need to compile the Blt library statically.  I checked the documentation and it appears as if you should call a function called Blt_Init and link with libblt.  However, I can find neither a function Blt_Init nor a library libblt.  I do have a library blt82.lib.  I'm trying to compile using VC6 if that is of any help.  Any help or pointers you could give me would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Blair Kitchen

[George A. Howlett]

You should pick up a newer version of BLT (2.4w
is the latest).  There are both source and
pre-compiled distributions.  The blt82.lib is a
very old and unsupported version. 

The BLT distributions contain both BLT24.dll and
BLT24.lib files, so you should be able to create a
static version.

If you're intrepid, you can compile BLT with VC6.
That's what I use.  Unfortunately, I also use the
cygwin utilities (like "make").  There's a SHARED
variable in win/makedefs, that if you set to 0,
will create a static version.

I did patch together "nmake" files (blt.mak) with
a install.tcl script a while ago.  I don't know
how up to date that is.  If you need it, I can
send you updated copies. You can send me e-mail
at gah@siliconmetrics.com.

--gah