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botman · **Re: Compiling dlls with MingWing -** 28-03-2005

The problem with using VGUI is that all you have is vgui.lib which was compiled with the MSVC compiler using MSVC C++ linkage. There isn't any other compiler or linker than can handle the Microsoft method of name mangling in C++, so you are stuck using only the source code that you can compile (which is the SDK).

If Valve had created a COFF version of the VGUI library, you would be able to link against it with other compilers/linkers, but they didn't, so you can't.

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botman Super Moderator Status: Offline Posts: 280 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plano, TX	Re: Compiling dlls with MingWing - 28-03-2005 The problem with using VGUI is that all you have is vgui.lib which was compiled with the MSVC compiler using MSVC C++ linkage. There isn't any other compiler or linker than can handle the Microsoft method of name mangling in C++, so you are stuck using only the source code that you can compile (which is the SDK). If Valve had created a COFF version of the VGUI library, you would be able to link against it with other compilers/linkers, but they didn't, so you can't. botman