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copied!<p>The .lib (and .a also) works under two different capacities: </p> <ul> <li>As an import library for a shared Dll that your program depends on.</li> <li>As an archive library created from one or more object files compiled from source.</li> </ul> <p>You didn't really specify in your question which form you're working with. If you're looking to do the second form, you'll have to build the source under gcc as a static library as suggested by Persson since the library format used by msvc tools aren't compatible.</p> <p>However, there's some good news if you're working with the first form. The MinGW port of gcc should be able to work transparently with a coff-format import library created with msvc development tools. What you can do is simply rename the <code>*.lib</code> import into <code>lib*.a</code> and just pass that to the linker like it's any other <code>*.a</code> file. The linker should be able to sort out its real format. </p> <p>I've tested this under tdm-gcc-4.5.2 with the latest nightly build of codeblocks and it appears to work ok.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Merged my comment as part of the answer. If you're working with the second form and need to build a static library from source, the steps are roughly as follows:</p> <p>If there's an existing msvc project you can use it as a starting point by importing it into codeblocks. It'll be under <em>File->Import Project->Visual Studio</em> etc. </p> <p>If none is available making a new C::B project from scratch isn't too difficult. Just goto <em>File->New->Project</em> select '<em>Static Library</em>' as the project type then add whatever source file is needed. If the library is written in a semi-portable matter it should compile without too much trouble.</p>

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