[Mingw-users] Linking against a MS VC++ genreated library

[Raymond L. <rli...@so...>]

I have Googled a good bit found answers to the problem of
linking against a MS generated DLL, but have so far come
up empty handed in my attempts to statically link against
a foo.lib generated by MS VC++ v6.

My tools are:
     ryl@speedy: i586-mingw32msvc-gcc --version
     i586-mingw32msvc-gcc (GCC) 3.3.1 (mingw special 20030804-1)
     Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     ...

I have a file which was compiled by Microsoft Visual C++
v6.0 plus all service packs, lets call it foo.lib.  I
have written C++ code (using among other things, the
wxWindows toolkit) that compiles and executes just fine.

The library file foo.lib contains C++ code to allow my
program to access some specialized proprietary hardware.
It is unlikely that I can gain access to the library
source code, but I might be able to get it recompiled
as a dynamic library foo.dll.

I am short of time on this and will greatly appreciate
any advice.

Thanks to all
Ray