calling external code (lib instead of dll)

[davico]

hallo,

is it possible to call external functions that reside on a static library (.lib) and not a dynamic one (.dll).

The funciton "call library function node" seems to allow only dll and not lib.

Any suggestion ?

Thanks

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

No it is not! That's because there is not a single lib format but in fact each compiler uses its own lib format. Namely COFF for MS C compiler and various OMF flavors for Borland C, Symantex C, etc, and ELF for GCC unless you use a Windows target version such as MingW which TRIES to follow COFF. So even if NI would consider allowing to link to libs through the Call Library Node they would be in deep trouble about which compiler format to support.

But it is fairly easy to create a DLL from a LIB using the same compiler which was used to create the LIB.