I'm using Windows 7, NetBeans 7.1.2, C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe compiler/linker, and writing code in C and Java.
The most important question: I have a dot lib and a dot dll produced from the Visual Studio 2008 compiler. Can I use these two files with MinGW g++ compiled code? I want to compile/link my own two NetBeans projects using g++ with two libraries (the dot lib and dot dll) produced by Visual Studio 2008? If I can use the dot lib and the dot dll then answers to the below two questions are important to me. Background: I have two NetBeans projects. The first project is written in Java and communicates with a C++ project using the JNI (Java Native Interface). The C++ project uses a subset of a large C++ library. The Java project has a main method that invokes my C++ project. I'm suppose to use a proprietary dot lib to be able to compile my C++ project, and use the dot dll to be able to run the two projects together. ==================================================================== Second Question: I have been trying to reference a static library (file.lib) using linker options such as "-l" and "-L". All attempts have been unsuccessful partly because the "-l" option only takes the name of the library (without a leading "lib" in the filename and no suffix) and probably not a path to the library file. The "L" option takes a path to the folder containing the library, but it does not work for me. I tried to set the PATH environment variable but that didn't fix the problem. http://mingw.org/wiki/LibraryPathHOWTO My second question is how do you reference a static library within NetBeans? You can modify the NetBeans project's linking options by right clicking on the project and selecting properties. From there, you can specify a library folder, a specific library file, or you can enter a specific linker option such as "-lfile". I have tried various ways to get my project to use the dot lib without success. When I build the project, I get a lot of undefined references. Third Question: My third question is how do you reference a dynamic library (a dot dll) within NetBeans? I have a proprietary dot dll, so I ask where and how do I use it. Thanks _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
