Help with Netbeans MinGW C++ calling functions

[aronb]

Hi,

I need some help setting up Netbeans MinGW C++ please.

I used the tutorials (1, 2, & 3) on Flowstone Guru (perfect tutorial) and even wrote a few DLLs for Flowstone that work great, and I want to write more - that's all good !

However, not being a "guru" of C++ or setting up the proper resource files, etc. I am at a loss on how to do that.

For instance I want to start a function Library to use in my DLL's but have no idea where to "properly" put them, directory, or location in the Netbeans IDE, etc., etc. ???

Are there rules for this or a tutorial ? I have looked and nothing is jumping out as useful. I have watched a few YouTube videos and it looks very cryptic to me... again not a C++ programmer but can write a few routines as needed - I'm getting better though

Thanks for any help on setting up function calls for DLLs !

Maybe a setup file example project someone would like to share... it would benefit us all.

Thank You,

Aron

[MyCo]

Libraries can be located wherever you want. However when you compile the main program/library that include them you have to specify the location. There are 2 different type of libs, DLLs being dynamic and there are also satic libraries. For your function library you probably want it to be a static library, so you don't end up with another DLL file that you would have to distribute with your DLL.

I don't know how Netbeans handles it... though. When it handles the generation of the makefile itself, you'll probably have to create a new project for the library and then specify in the main project the path to
1. the header file(s) of your library (= include path / source path)
2. the compiler output binary of the library compile-process (= include library / linker source / linker input)

I would rather use a more common IDE, then you might have better luck with finding tutorials. Under Windows, Visual Studio (finally it's unlimited free now) would be the go to candidate

[tulamide]

I often wonder why I am the only one that thinks such a complicated way of managing programming assets is just annoying and anything else than modern?

Let's be honest, the only reason for C++ being in the lead is that there are pretty much no up-to-date, fast and efficient compilers for other languages. It's a shame if you see the elegance of other languages compared to C++.