Re: Static Library Question

From:

"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>

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microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc

Date:

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:26:35 +0200

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tsract wrote:

Thanks for the answer.

I have two questions about compiler settings in 2008 regarding
building the lib.

1) Are there any "DEFINITELY DO THIS" compiler setttings I should
use in the VS2008 project?

2) Are there any compiler settings I should "DEFINITELY NOT USE"?

Not really.

If at all possible, compile all the code with the same compiler, using
the same settings.

If that is not possible (and just not a tad inconvenient), just try it
and see what the linker says. Like Carls writes, the odds are high
that there will be complaints. But if not, it just might work - by
luck.

Bo Persson

"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" wrote:

tsract wrote:

Is there a way to link a static lib I built using Visual Studio
2008 into a Visual Studio 2005 project.

Recompiling the Visual Studio 2008 code is something we're trying
to avoid.

Sure. Just include it in the link. Of course, successful linking
is only part of the problem - you'd probably like the code to
work, too!

Whether you can successfully take a 2008 .lib and link it with
other code from 2005 will depend on what's in the library.
Specifically, if it makes any use at all of the C++ standard
library, MFC or ATL, there's a chance - maybe a good chance - that
it won't work. On the other hand, if it's 100% pure C++ or C code
that doesn't depend on any VC++ libraries, there's a pretty good
chance that it will "just work".

Bottom line: there are no guarantees, but it might work.

-cd

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