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[Dev-C++] making compatable dlls

[Alvin T. <al...@th...>]

sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere,

is there a way to use the dll's/lib's produced by DevCpp with Visual 
C++? in other words, can i use DevCpp for the dll's i produce  at work 
and have others link to them with VC++? when i try (in VC++) to link to 
the dll 'libmydll.a' (created by DevCpp)  it can't find any of the 
externals. i do notice there is a file 'libmydll.def' file made by 
DevCpp which seems to have export information in it, but i don't know 
how to use it (or if i can).

the method i'm using (in VC++) to try to compile against the dll is:
    import headers
    link against lib file (libmydll.a)
is this the right method?

any help would be greatly appreciated. if that can't be done, how do i 
set up DevCpp to use the Visual C++ compiler?

thanks,
alvin

RE: [Dev-C++] making compatable dlls

[Andres R. <lo...@ho...>]

HellO!
> sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere,
> 

I think it is possible, as long as you do not use C++ (objective C)
There is incompatibility amongst C++ compilers. But if you use plain
C code, you minght be able to produce dll's that work with MSVC.

> is there a way to use the dll's/lib's produced by DevCpp with Visual
> C++? in other words, can i use DevCpp for the dll's i produce  at work
> and have others link to them with VC++? when i try (in VC++) to link
to
> the dll 'libmydll.a' (created by DevCpp)  it can't find any of the
> externals. i do notice there is a file 'libmydll.def' file made by
> DevCpp which seems to have export information in it, but i don't know
> how to use it (or if i can).
> 
> the method i'm using (in VC++) to try to compile against the dll is:
>     import headers
>     link against lib file (libmydll.a)
> is this the right method?

MSVC needs .lib files, not .a files.  I think there is some tools
included
with MSVC, that are able to produce .lib files out of dll's. I currently
so not know, what tools are, but I think they are similar to same GCC
tools.
 
> any help would be greatly appreciated. if that can't be done, how do i
> set up DevCpp to use the Visual C++ compiler?
> 
> thanks,
> alvin

You welcome..
A.