Re: [gtkmm] Link problem using gtkmm with MSVC 7.1

[Cedric Gustin <cedric gustin swing be>]

At 05:27 PM 1/15/2004, Jonny Yu wrote:
> I'm trying to build the example code of gtkmm with MSVC 7.1,
> Although I got several warnings ,such as
>
> e:\Dev-C++\gtkmm\include\gtkmm-2.0\gtkmm\entry.h(402): warning C4250:
> 'Gtk::Entry' : inherits 'Gtk::Object::Gtk::Object::set_manage' via
> dominance
>
> e:\Dev-C++\gtkmm\include\gtkmm-2.0\glibmm\containers.h(321): warning
> C4181: qualifier applied to reference type; ignored
>
> the sample did compiled through, the problem is I don't have the lib
> file (in .lib format). I downloaded the win32 port of
> http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/
> however the lib format is in .dll.a format, which could not be
> recognized by VC linker.

Right, because of the different C++ name mangling schemes used by gcc and 
MSVC, their import libraries are incompatible. You cannot simply rename the 
.dll.a files to .lib (unlike their C counterparts, in most cases).

> Where can I find the .lib format gtkmm lib file?
> If not, can I build the .lib file from source or convert the .dll.a to
> .lib format?

I only support mingw32-gcc on my page but the projects files for MSVC 7.1 
are in the MSVC_NET2003 directory. Don't know if they are up to date and/or 
if somebody provides binaries.

Cedric