Re: [Dev-C++] Trouble compiling winsock programs.

[Palamino <am...@ur...>]

    Just add "c:\Dev-c++\Lib\libwsock32.a" (supposing you have Dev-c++
installed on drive C) in the project options, under "Further object files or
linker options".

----- Original Message -----
From: "Manoj Sharma" <sha...@ro...>
To: "Dev-C++" <dev...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 10:14 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] Trouble compiling winsock programs.


> Hi,
>
> I am trying to compile a simple winsock program using Dev-C++ and get the
> following error
> [Linker error] undefined reference to WSAStartup@8. I tried generating my
> own libwsock32.a   library using the wsock32.dll on  my system with the
help
> of the dllwrap utility and linking it to my program by copying the
generated
> .a file to the lib directory but the error stayed the same.
>
> I also tried using an older version of wsock32.dll (since I have the
latest
> version of the dll) and it may not be compatible with the header files as
> supplied by Dev-C++. But this gave me the same undefined reference error.
>
> As a last resort I tried using the header files supplied by the Microsoft
> SDK instead of the include directory header files as supplied by Dev-C++.
I
> get a target architecture must be defined error. An attempt to #define
> _M_IX86 which is the macro that needs to be defined leads to further
errors,
> so I would prefer not to go down that path further.
>
> Can anyone suggest what else can be done to get a very simple winsock
> program to work. I have the XP OS on a Pentium machine.
>
> Regards,
> Manoj.
>
> http://manoj_sharma0.tripod.com
>
>
>
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