Hi, I'm trying to build the boost regex example in eclipse using mingw on vista. I built boost ok with mingw as there are library files XXXX.a. I could build/compile the first boost example that doesnt require any of the compiled boost libraries.
When I compile the regex example I get a linker error saying it cant find the library file. I have tried various libray file names eg leave off the .a extension, leave off the lib prefix etc.
Now the interesting thing is that if I leave off the library extension and rename the library file to XXX.lib it works and runs ok.
So why cant it read the .a library file?
It must be my setup somewhere but I dont know where or what to set.
From what I read everyone is ok linking the .a file except me :(
Thanks in advance, Kim