I saw a lib file for downloading somewhere (I think it was posted to this
forum), but I ran into the usual incompatibilities with the C run-time
library and memory allocations (i.e., you have to use the same version in
your application that the libcurl DLL was built for: v6 vs v7, debug vs
release, static vs DLL). In the end, I just rebuilt from source and it went
reasonably well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
> [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Alan Filipski
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:08 PM
> To: curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se
> Subject: libcurl.lib for windows? libcurl.a?
>
>
> Hello
>
> I downloaded the most recent libcurl (7.16.3) compiled for
> "Win32 Generic" (Non-SSL) by Daniel Stenberg. I expected a
> "libcurl.lib" file along with a dll, but instead there was a
> libcurl.a, libcurl.dll.a, libcurl.la, and libcurl-4.dll,
> along with headers, documentation, etc. As far as I know,
> ".a" files are not windows files. How do I link this into my
> C/C++ program using Microsoft VC++? or do I have to
> recompile the source to get a lib? In that case, what windows
> environment is this distribution for?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan Filipski
Received on 2007-07-05