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Re: More Info
"Larry Hall" <cygwin-lh@cygwin.com> wrote in message
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> At 06:10 PM 5/3/2004, you wrote:
> >Judd schrieb:
> >>Oh I know. This is the Windows PC version (should have stated that
> >>earlier). OpenInventor has a freeware Linux version and a Windows PC
> >>version distributed by TGS. The version I'm using is the Windows PC
version
> >>which has libraries that work with Visual C++. I just don't know if
Cygwin
> >>can use VC++ type library binaries. I don't recall the format of Visual
C++
> >>objects anymore (OMT?). It's a been a bit.
> >>
> >>>>I have a feeling they work with isual C++ and their object format.
> >>>>Can the g++ linker in Cygwin work with Visual C++ object libraries?
> >
> >Generally not, only if they provided their libs as extern "C".
> >
> >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC103
> >
> >And Google for "cygwin g++ msvc link +site:cygwin.com"
>
>
> Right. I just looked up OpenInventor and it is a C++ library. So linking
> against the Visual C++ libraries won't work. Looks like you'll need to
> build a Cygwin version first.
Tried that... talk about a major pain (more compilation problems than you
can shake a stick at). I guess I'll be rewriting the code for a standard
Win32 environment. What a drag!
Thank you all again!
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