[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