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Can I Link Windows ".DLL" library file with my linux application using GCC at the time of compiling linux application. If not then how can I use ".DLL" at linux ...
  1. 02-01-2010 #1
    ypankaj
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    How link Windows .DLL using GCC

    Can I Link Windows ".DLL" library file with my linux application using GCC at the time of compiling linux application.

    If not then how can I use ".DLL" at linux application.

    Please help!
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    dll is a windows library that was compiled to run on windows operating system

    you can't link to it or use it in any way on linux

    You should recompile source to a linux library.
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    As coopstah13 said in effect, you can't use a Windows DLL in a Linux application. If you need the functions of the DLL in your Linux application and have access to the source code, you can build it for Linux, assuming there aren't too many Windows-specific system calls. If you don't have the source, then you are probably out of luck and will have to reverse-engineer the functions in the DLL.
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    Thanks coopstah13 and Rubberman for your replies.
    I don't have the DLL source.. So now I need to do reverse engineering. I know the DLL's functionality so i can go for it..!!

    Thanks for your help..!!
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    As someone once said, been there, done that... Good luck in your endeavors.
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