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Converting .lib to .a

Started by Sir Sapo Nov 24, 2005 at 8:58 PM 4 replies 19.3k views

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Nov 24, 2005 at 8:58 PM

Hey everyone, I'm trying to get a library working, but it only came with a .lib and the a header, no source, so I can't compile it on my own. I'm working with dev C++, so the .lib wont work, which brings me to my question, does anyone know of any utilities that can convert a .lib to .a? Thanks in advance

nicksterdomus

Nov 24, 2005 at 9:09 PM

I think a utility called "reimp" might be what you're looking for. I learned about it from here. Reimp is part of the Mingw Utilities

Stani R

Nov 24, 2005 at 9:14 PM

dlltool will probably work for this, have never used it though.

check this, especially at the bottom of the page
http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html

c0uchm0nster

Nov 24, 2005 at 9:15 PM

I was under the impression mingw could now use .lib files as well as .a files. Was I misinformed?

Stani R

Nov 24, 2005 at 9:19 PM

Quote:
Original post by c0uchm0nster
I was under the impression mingw could now use .lib files as well as .a files. Was I misinformed?

should be right

http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll

Deranged

Nov 24, 2005 at 9:21 PM

Yes, before I switched to Code::Blocks and the VS2003 toolkit, I used lib files with Dev-C++'s implementation of MingW.

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