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2010.02.18 15:59 "Re: OT: Visual C++ runtimes (was: Using libtiff in Visual C++ 6.0)", by Edward Lam2010.02.16 18:36 "Re: Using libtiff in Visual C++ 6.0", by Edward Lam
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Kevin Myers wrote: > >> So, you're saying that he can't (easily?) link to a libtiff DLL that has been >> built using GCC from an application that will be built using MSVC? > > Right. The binary DLL would probably work but MSVC won't understand > the ".a" link library format that GCC uses. A truely determined > person could probably get it to work, but there is little value to > doing it. For the record, a truly determined person go look at this: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/gnulib/Visual-Studio-Compatibility.html From my web readings before, dlltool is something one might use as part of this process. Your mileage will vary since I've only ever read about this (I'm not one of the truly determined :). I concur with Bob's opinion that there is little value in doing so. The most likely problem is that Weichao Wang did not compile libtiff with support for zlib (and/or libjpeg). Compiling these for Visual Studio is about the same difficulty as compiling libtiff itself. -Edward