why does irrlicht create and require a .lib file as well ...

patrickniceboy · Post by **patrickniceboy** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:20 pm

why does irrlicht create and require a .lib file as well as a dll?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:43 pm

because your IDE/compiler needs to know what functions (and such) are delivered by the dll, and this all stands in the lib (simple said)...

sobieh · Post by **sobieh** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:54 pm

You can include all the source code of irrlicht (modify it a little ... remove dllimport) and you wont't need LIB or DLL.

You can compile Irrlicht as a Static Library ... no DLL needed then.

FuzzYspo0N · Post by **FuzzYspo0N** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:16 pm

glad you only firgured that out now?

Im sure anyone requireing this would gladly do it...

But thanks for your contribution