[ft-devel] windows: why the .lib file isn?t generated (Re: Freetype-devel Digest, Vol 151, Issue 38)

[Hin-Tak Leung]

> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:34:24 -0700
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> Subject: [ft-devel] windows: why the
> .lib file isn?t generated

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> I expect to see both
  
> %SRC%\objs\vc2010\Win32\freetype*.lib
  
> %SRC%\objs\vc2010\Win32\freetype*.dll
 
> But I only see the .dll
 
> I am trying to use this with occt (Open
> Cascade), which fails to
> configure if the .lib is not present.
 
> How do I fix my build?
 
This is rather something you should consult your visual studio documentation 
for - I suspect it is a radio button option somewhere. The *.lib is called an 
"import library" - i.e. find that option in your visual studio menus.. Perhaps 
you can follow the mingw link below to fix it after the build too.

When I am cross-compiling freetype for windows from linux (with the mingw cross 
gcc), the *.lib import libraries are created by an additional step with:
dlltool :
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/createimportlibraries