Re: [Dev-C++] mingw, cygwin, msvc,...

[Daniel K. O. <dan...@ya...>]

Oladipo Odumosu wrote:

>afaik, gcc (mingw/cygwin) *cannot* use msvc import
>libs. using a tool called 'impdef', you can however
>generate a gcc-style import lib *from a dll* compiled
>with msvc.
>  
>

Actually, you *can* use a MSVC dll or a MSVC lib, if it is a plain C 
library. With a dll you can even link directly to it, no need to use 
import libs. The problem is only with lib/dlls written in C++; those 
won't work even with impdef, because MSVC's C++ implementation is 
different from MinGW.



Daniel K. O.