Re: [Dev-C++] Simple question about using libraries

[A. K. <kli...@we...>]

Adam Ryczkowski wrote:
> Dear Dev-Cpp users,
> 
> I've built boost C++ library (using their bjam utility), for MinGW compiler.
> What the build process produced are files with extension .lib, .obj and
> .dll.
> My question is:
>         how to link against these files?
> (Especially how to link .lib and .obj files)
> 
> Does Dev-Cpp give any support for it? In that case what command line
> parameters should I use (I guess for the linker, ld.exe)?

You put the DLL files where windows will find them (the directory of 
your program or maybe c:\windows\system32, etc.)

Then you add this small lib file of the same name to your project in the 
linker settings. ALternatively, you can add the dlls to your project too 
if you want.

.o files are just intermediate files before the linker puts them all 
together to a lib, dll or an executable.