Re: [Dev-C++] Libraries

[Elias P. <Eli...@ao...>]

Hi,
.a is the library format of the mingw compiler which dev-c++ is using. =
And mingw doesn't directly support .lib files. It's sometimes possible =
to convert them, but when i tried this it seemed rather complicated. So =
it's better to just download the .a files you need from somewhere. You =
can look at www.mingw.org, or maybe even to www.bloodshed.net - there =
should be some links to libraries. I'm using DX8 with dev-c++, i got it =
from http://sites.netscape.net/ptrpck/directx.htm and i know you can use =
GLUT. For the other libraries, maybe someone else can tell you - or you =
could ask the mingw people.

Elias Pschernig
  Hi! I've been using MS VC++ for a long time now. But, I'd like to =
start making my projects using Dev-C++. I'm very surprised with the =
quality of Dev-C++. I think it's much better than many commercial =
development tools. Though, I'm having some problems concerning the =
libraries. It has some (to me)strange format of libraries, .a. How can I =
make those libraries? Is there a way to 'translate' standard VC =
libraries to the DevC? I use many extern libraries, such as CDX, GLUT, =
DX8, Seal Audio library, FMod audio library... How to use those with =
DevC? I always get VC .lib files with those libraries, and sometimes =
Borland .lib libraries, but never .a... I've seen some OpenGL examples, =
but since I use GLUT for my tutorials, I can't make them run...=20
  Can anybody help?
  Thanks,