hi have requested help on their site and libfltk.a is now on my system.
fixed the error - problem was at code::blocks end (ie yours), basically went to
project>build options>linker settings tab - clicked on lfltk, and edited it to the path C:\face\FaceRec\fltk-1.3.x-r7216\lib because thats where libfltk.a was after i compiled it. this was the issue, code blocks couldn't tell gcc where the lib was because it didn't know because the cbp file didn't have enough info to tell it.
This was because the guy who made the project had his system set up so that just typing lfltk in the linker settings tab linked to the right place, along with the other things he had in there like kernel32 etc.
does anyone know how i make it so code blocks can find lfltk from just having lfltk in the linker settings tab like he did, with the location being C:\face\FaceRec\fltk-1.3.x-r7216\lib???
thanks for the help you've offered so far BIG KISSES
also if you give me a list of what you want me to use i will download it and try to compile the program with it instead
at the moment i'm using mingw with msys & codeblock, please let me know what versions you want me using and i'll update.