how to use static libs / how to use winsock.lib ?

[AlexisSorbas]

Dear community collegues,

I have a serious problem using C::B + MinGW:
How can I combine winsock.lib + libraries built with MingW (which have the extension .a)?
I guess, MinGW has a different way (from MSVC) to produce libraries.
But what should I do, if I want to use existing Microsoft DLLs?
 
For sure Microsoft does not offer a static library winsock.a ...

Thank you for any hint!!!!
 

Alex

[TDragon]

Try libwsock32.a (in a C::B project's build options, just use "wsock32" in the Link Libraries). For Winsock2 functions, libws2_32.a.

Cheers,
JohnE / TDM

[AlexisSorbas]

John,

thank you very much. You gave me exactly the right hint!!!
 

Perhaps do you know: Is there in the web some documentation on cross plattform programming where such questions are handled? Could be useful to all forum audience ...

[TDragon]

Perhaps do you know: Is there in the web some documentation on cross plattform programming where such questions are handled?

Technically, this question isn't related to cross-platform programming; it is quite Windows-specific. Rather, this was one of the cases where MinGW's implementation of something differs from Microsoft's: a difference between compilers on one platform instead of a difference between platforms.

Such differences are generally explained in the MinGW documentation; the MinGWiki has a lot of good information.