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TexasJimbo
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Can I include an obj file I created in Visual C++?

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I am using wxWidgets via DialogBlocks using MinGW compiler. I needed a new class to handle playing mp3 content from memory. I found a code sample that was close to what I needed and made some modifications so it is almost exactly what I need, and was able to build it using Visual C++. So now I have an object file. Can I use that object file along with the other object files created via MinGW to add it to my wxWidgets project?

I tried to build this class directly using wxWidgets in my enviornment but get all sorts of errors....starting with
wmsdk.h:No such file or directory
'WMSyncReader' was not declared in this scope.

I tried modifying the include path to point to the location of the SDK Include files where I verified the wmsdk.h file was located, but when I did this, my project would not build.

Bottom line is I am not sure I can use this new Visual C++ class in my existing wxWidgets Project.
Has anyone else had to do something similar - were you able to get this to work / how?
PB
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Re: Can I include an obj file I created in Visual C++?

Post by PB »

I'm afraid that linking VC++ .obj file with GCC is not possible. I believe that closest you can come is to create a DLL and DEF in Visual C++ and use that in MinGW but that would be certainly an overkill for a just a single class.

Also I would be surprised if GCC could use include files from MS Platform SDK, as they are full of VC++ specific extensions. On the other hand, you could try to adapt those files so they would compile with GCC but this can prove to be a time-consuming or even impossible task.

I am just guessing here, but if all you need is to play MP3 from memory, there should be few free robust solutions out there.
TexasJimbo
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Re: Can I include an obj file I created in Visual C++?

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I was afraid that was going to be the response - but I do appreciate your reply!
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