Has anyone worked with devC++

[SeventhStar]

I have a few problems with my dev c++ compiler...

1. How to link my programs with dll's
2. How to link my programs with lib's
3. How to add the packages from their site

I doubt someone can answer this but...
Thanks for any help

[Paul McKenzie]

Try this site:

http://www.mingw.org/mingw-oldfaq.shtml

I have used Dev C++, however I've only used the LoadLibrary / GetProcAddress approach if I want to call a function from a non-system DLL.

I wanted to test one of my DLL's against various compilers, including Dev C++. LoadLibrary / GetProcAddress worked all the time for any Windows C++ compiler. This saved a lot of testing time, since I didn't need to figure out how to create lib files for the various compilers.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[JamesSchumacher]

The old '#pragma comment(lib,"YOURDLLS_LIBFILE.LIB")' which originated on MSVC++ (I think????) that works on Borland too MIGHT work on that GNU port since it seems to work on other compilers - don't know though, never tried.

[deesan]

Linking static library:
If your library name is "libNAME.a"
go to project settings and in additional link options add "-lNAME"

I don't know any way to link program with MSVC's *.lib files.

[SeventhStar]

Originally posted by deesan
Linking static library:
If your library name is "libNAME.a"
go to project settings and in additional link options add "-lNAME"

I don't know any way to link program with MSVC's *.lib files.

actually that's what i meant!! '.a' libararies... Thanks!
And thank you Paul! I didn't know that they had windows.h with LoadLibrary but they do