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&gt;&gt; Is it really required to rebuild that library in VS 2008.<br />
Generally you cannot rely on a library build in one version of a compiler working in another, especially if it's a C++ library. There is no standard ABI defined in the C++ standards doc do each compiler is free to use whatever name-mangling or binary interface is wishes. Vendors often change things between versions to facilitate improvements to the binary code.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface" rel="ugc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface</a>&nbsp;
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>> Is it really required to rebuild that library in VS 2008.
Generally you cannot rely on a library build in one version of a compiler working in another, especially if it's a C++ library. There is no standard ABI defined in the C++ standards doc do each compiler is free to use whatever name-mangling or binary interface is wishes. Vendors often change things between versions to facilitate improvements to the binary code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface] 

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Hi<br />
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I've a library that is compiled with VS 2005. I need to use that in a C++ win32 console project in VS 2008. I get an error <br />
fatal error LNK1257: code generation failed<br />
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Is it really required to rebuild that library in VS 2008. Just curious, how windows libraries are linked in the projects irrespective of the visual studio versions.<br />
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Regards<br />
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Hi

I've a library that is compiled with VS 2005. I need to use that in a C++ win32 console project in VS 2008. I get an error 
fatal error LNK1257: code generation failed

Is it really required to rebuild that library in VS 2008. Just curious, how windows libraries are linked in the projects irrespective of the visual studio versions.

Regards



Use VS 2005 compiled library in VS 2008

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.