How do I create the libwinscard.a import library suitable for linking with native Windows WINSCARD.DLL

 How do I create the libwinscard.a import library suitable for linking with native Windows WINSCARD.DLL ?

First, create the .def file from the DLL itself:

    & nbsp; $ /usr/bin/impgen WINSCARD.DLL > winscard.def
   

Then, create the .a import library:

    & nbsp; $ /usr/bin/dlltool --as=as \
    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   --dllname WINSCARD.DLL --def winscard.def \
        --kill-at --output-lib libwinscard.a
   

Now you can place libwinscard.a into a standard library path and use -lwinscard to link using it. Note that this file is only required to be found by gcc when linking. It will not be required when executing the program.