Thread: Using .def files with Dev-C++

I am making a .dll and need to add my .def file to the project. I am running Windows XP Pro and using Dev-C++ 4(one step down from the BETA version). I opened Project Options and in the further linker options or object files I typed: --def mydef.def. When I compiled it said no .def file was specified so it would create one for me. How am I supposed to add a .def file to my project? Thanks.

You added that in the "Linker" box, underneath the "Parameters" tab? That is what it says in the help files, as I assume you know. I can say, though, that I have never come across a GCC option that uses two dashes.....perhaps that was some kind of typo or the character is misread. It's worth a try to try it with one dash. Of course, I've never made DLLs before, nor used .def files, so, I wouldn't count on that piece of advice. It's just something I'd try if I were in your position.

Well if the Linker box under the Parameters tab is the same as hitting Project>>Project Options>>and typing it into the very top edit box of that dialog, then yes that's where I put it. I also tried just one dash(-) because I have never seen anything pass an option using two of those before either. Well hopeful somebody knows. Thanks.