At 06:10 PM 5/3/2004, you wrote: >Judd schrieb: >>Oh I know. This is the Windows PC version (should have stated that >>earlier). OpenInventor has a freeware Linux version and a Windows PC >>version distributed by TGS. The version I'm using is the Windows PC version >>which has libraries that work with Visual C++. I just don't know if Cygwin >>can use VC++ type library binaries. I don't recall the format of Visual C++ >>objects anymore (OMT?). It's a been a bit. >> >>>>I have a feeling they work with isual C++ and their object format. >>>>Can the g++ linker in Cygwin work with Visual C++ object libraries? > >Generally not, only if they provided their libs as extern "C". > >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC103 > >And Google for "cygwin g++ msvc link +site:cygwin.com"
Right. I just looked up OpenInventor and it is a C++ library. So linking against the Visual C++ libraries won't work. Looks like you'll need to build a Cygwin version first. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
