regarding static library

[a mulay]

Is there a way to build a static library that could be used on both Windows & linux OS?

[Naveen]

you mean something like ACE[^] library?

nave

[a mulay]

not exactly !

[Cedric Moonen]

No, the way it is done generally is that the same code is compiled with two different compilers: one for windows (and it produces a .lib file) and one for linux (it produces an .a file if I remember correctly). You cannot use the same library under windows and linux, because a library contains object code which is not portable.

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Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control [v1.2]

[a mulay]

Thanks for the quick reply Cédric. [:)]

[Cedric Moonen]

You're welcome. BTW, if you want to compile both for windows and linux (the way I described in my first answer), your code shouldn't use any platform dependant API (like MFC or WIN32 API). But cross-platform solutions exist, like for example ACE (as already said by Naveen) or wxWidgets[^] (something very similar to MFC but cross-platform).

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Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control [v1.2]

[a mulay]

Yes Cedric, I have taken care not to include any platform dependent code inside the code. Now I just need to build and link the code to diffenent runtimes on respective platforms.