mingw

Is MinGW exactly the same as GCC as far as standards compliance or features?

As a port, I'd think it'd be hard to keep it completely up to speed with GCC. Is it, or are there any differences with regards to standards compliance or features? ...

gnu make installed with OS language

I installed the latest GNU make to my windows machine. The installer decided to setup the language as the OS language, which I did not get prompted for. I want it to be english. My OS is in swedish. I remember I had similar problem with another GNU program (can't recall which), which was solved by adding the env var "lang" with value "...

How to install MinGW Correctly on Windows

Hello all, I have recently started learning C++ but I require a compiler. I have tried the one packaged with Code::Blocks but I have been told it is out of date. I have tried reading the instructions on the website but I simply don't know which files to download and un-zip. Does anyone know of a list of files to download? (latest version...

How to create dll using gcc compiler/Mingw for visual basic?

How to create dll using gcc compiler/Mingw for visual basic? ...

Using MSADO15.DLL and C++ with MinGW/GCC on Windows Vista

INTRODUCTION Hi, I am very new to C++, is my 1st statement. I have started initially with VC++ 2008 Express, I've notice that GCC becomes kind of standard so I am trying to make the right steps event from the beginning. I have written a piece of code that connects to MSSQL Server via ADO, on VC++ it's working like a charm by importin...

MingW C++ Documentation?

I remember some years ago, when I learned C using Turbo C, it had a extensive documentation on its headers... My question is: There are something like that for MingW? ...

MinGW and "declaration does not declare anything"

I'm working on converting a Linux project of mine to compile on Windows using MinGW. It compiles and runs just fine on Linux, but when I attempt to compile it with MinGW it bombs out with the following error message: camera.h:11: error: declaration does not declare anything camera.h:12: error: declaration does not declare anything I'm...

Can't Include winhttp.h (with code::blocks/mingw) c++

I've been trying to include winhttp.h and I get this error: Winhttp.h: No such file or directory Mingw doesn't have it, how would I add it? ...

LLVM: bitcode with llvm-gcc (mingw) for windows

Hi, i'm currently building a small JIT compiler. For the language I need a runtime library for some special math functions. I think the best would be to compile the lib to bitcode and link it. The compiler should be integrated in a product and as of this, it must work under windows (VC10, 64bit). So is it possible to build the math li...

msys+mingw - is there installer or at least .tar.lzma/.zip?

I try to install n'th time the msys+mingw - however with little success. I need the minimal developer system (standard tools such as sed/awk+autotools+gcc) however each time something is not working (for example currently when I try to run autotools m4 goes into some error loop on AC_INIT). I know they stopped providing installer 'for e...

Using gSoap in Qt/Windows

I followed the steps on gSoap's page and tried to run the example code in Qt/Windows with Mingw32 Compiler. However, I can't add lgsoap++ to linker, as stated in the documentation, since it is not in the source package To complete the build, compile and link the generated soapC.cpp, soapcalcProxy.cpp, and the run-time gSOAP en...

Eclipse CDT Settings

Hey Guy, I'm trying to compile one single cpp file with Eclipse CDT and MinGW. On command line, c++ Test.cpp does the job. If I try to compile the file with Eclipse, I get errors telling me that I don't have included string.h in my lib files. How do I setup Eclipse just to perform "g++ Test.cpp" without considering my lib files as ind...

why compiling GLUT project in NetBeans with MinGW doesnt work.

Hello, I have this situation, I use Netbeans 6.8 with recommended MinGW+msys configuration, and compiling works. Now I have a project which is using glut, so I linked the libraries opengl32, glut32, glu32, gdi32, winmm, mingw32 in "project properties->build->linker->libraries", i manually selected all .lib files and the compilation works...

Performing full screen grab in windows

I am working on an idea that involves getting a full capture of the screen including windows and apps, analyzing it, and then drawing items back onto the screen, as an overlay. I want to learn image processing techniques and I could get lots of data to work with if I can directly access the Windows screen. I could use this to build aut...

How to debug MinGW32-make batch files?

I'm having some difficulties building up some cross-platform Makefiles, and I'm getting errors from processes called by mingw32-make that don't make the problem clear. I've tried calling mingw32-make with "-d", and I get a lot of debug output, but the actual program invocations are hidden in temporary batch files that are immediately del...

SDL+OpenGL app: blank screen

I spent the last three days trying to create a small app using SDL + OpenGL. The app itself runs fine -- except it never outputs any graphics; just a black screen. I've condensed it down to a minimal C file, and I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance. I'm running out of ideas. I'm using Windows Vista, MinGW & MSYS. Thanks in adva...

difference between freeglut.h and glut.h

can somebody please explain what is the difference between freeglut.h and glut.h ...

problems with openGl on eclipse

I'm working on Windows XP I have portable version of Eclipse Galileo, but I didn't find there glut so I decided to add it using this link I made all steps and and now I'm trying to compile this code #include "GL/glut.h" #include "GL/gl.h" #include "GL/glu.h" /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Called to draw ...

How can I use gtkmm with MinGW (g++) without MSYS?

Hello stackoverflow members, How can I use gtkmm with MinGW (g++) without MSYS? Here is the story of my problem: I installed MinGW offline with all required packages (full install). I installed Apache Server and I copied all .tar.gz files and I created a website called sourceforge.org [localhost] and I installed automatically MinGW on Wi...

How to compile libsox with MinGW

Hi, I'm trying to use libsox into another program of mine, but I can't seem to compile libsox with MinGW in C++ or find any places with working binaries. I downloaded the source from the official site http://sox.sourceforge.net/ but I don't know which files to include in the project to compile it. I can't compile it with all the files in...