Perhaps I'm untrusting, but I'm not sure I'd expect you to be able to use a standard C++ library object like string from one C++ binary in Cygwin to a non-C++ binary.
I.e. cygwin std::string is probably not the same definition as MSVC std::string. Why would it be? "The stuff we call "software" is not like anything that human society is used to thinking about. Software is something like a machine, and something like mathematics, and something like language, and something like thought, and art, and information... but software is not in fact any of those other things." Bruce Sterling - The Hacker Crackdown Fred A. Kulack - IBM eServer iSeries - Enterprise Application Solutions ERP, Java DB2 access, Jdbc, JTA, etc... IBM in Rochester, MN (Phone: 507.253.5982 T/L 553-5982) mailto:kulack/us.ibm.com Personal: mailto:kulack/gmail.com AIM Home:FKulack AIM Work:FKulackWrk MSN Work: fakulack/hotmail.com (replace email / with @) -- 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/