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User forums => Using Code::Blocks => Topic started by: AlexisSorbas on April 10, 2007, 02:54:20 pm

Title: how to use static libs / how to use winsock.lib ?
Post by: AlexisSorbas on April 10, 2007, 02:54:20 pm

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

Title: Re: how to use static libs / how to use winsock.lib ?
Post by: TDragon on April 10, 2007, 03:04:13 pm

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

Title: Re: how to use static libs / how to use winsock.lib ?
Post by: AlexisSorbas on April 10, 2007, 04:05:33 pm

John,

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

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 ...

Title: Re: how to use static libs / how to use winsock.lib ?
Post by: TDragon on April 10, 2007, 04:35:59 pm

Quote from: AlexisSorbas on April 10, 2007, 04:05:33 pm

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 (http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/) has a lot of good information.