Re: [Dev-C++] Cpp beginner

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Pavel Tomáško wrote:
> Please,
> How can I use common conrtols in Win GUI Application in Dev C++ ? When I add
> '#include <commctrl.h>' to the begin of source file and try to call
> 'InitCommonControls()', error code
> 
> ' [Linker error] undefined reference to InitCommonControls@0 '
> 
> appears. I tried to add the 'libcomctl32.a' to the project (Prject/Project
> Options/Parameters/Add Library or Object), but then linker said
> 
> ' ../../lib/libcomctl32.a C:\DEV-CPP\mingw32\bin\ld.exe file format not
> recognized; treating as linker script'
> '1 C:\DEV-CPP\mingw32\bin\lib\libcomctl32.a parse error'.
> 
> What should I do to correct this ? I thank for every response.

In Dev-C++ (actually, in GCC, the compiler in Dev-C++), you have to add 
libraries in the form:
-l<libname>, if a library is named like this:
lib<libname>.a

So add -lcomctl32 to your linker settings.

However, it seems more likely that you have a corrupted library. 
Download the win32 runtime from http://www.mingw.org. You need the 
headers and the import libraries.

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Greetings,
   Balázs