Hi Larry, Thankyou for your reply.
I'm asking can we create static libraries(LIBs) rethar than dynamic libraries(DLLs). I think the import library cannot be used alone as a static library. Is it? Thank You, Regards, Suhanthan, V. Suhanthan Vanniyasingam www.eRunway.com -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:54 PM To: Suhanthan Vanniyasingam; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Creating Static Libraries At 02:47 AM 4/2/2002, Suhanthan Vanniyasingam wrote: > >Hi, > >I'm new to cygwin. I have found that we can create DLLs using >Cygwin. So What abouts *.lib s? > >Is there any relationship between *.a created with cygwin and *.lib? Yes. If the *.a is an import library (stubs referencing a DLL) rather than a static library, the format is the same as the *.lib. >Is it possible to use these *.a libraries with VC++? Generally, so long as you don't use dynamic memory (or if you do, you need to be very careful about freeing it in the same library as it's allocated - better to just stay away from it). Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
