Cheok Yan Cheng wrote:
Hello all,
I just download boost 1.33.1 and I am building using VC++ 7.1.
I am a bit confused on the directory structure of serialization library
(1) \bin\boost\libs\serialization\build\libboost_serialization.lib \bin\boost\libs\serialization\build\libboost_wserialization.lib
May I know the differences among libboost_serialization.lib and libboost_wserialization.lib directory? What is the meaning of 'w'?
'w' identifies libraries for use with wide characters, ie: wchar_t.
(2) \bin\boost\libs\serialization\build\libboost_serialization.lib \bin\boost\libs\serialization\build\boost_serialization.dll
First, I thought libboost_serialization.lib are mean for static library,
Yes.
boost_serialization.dll are mean for dynamic library.
Yes. Which additionally has the corresponding import .lib file.
However, inside the libboost_serialization.lib directory, they are further divided into
libboost_serialization.lib\vc-7_1\release\runtime-link-static\threading-multi libboost_serialization.lib\vc-7_1\release\threading-multi <---- (Does this mean this is a dynamic library since it doesn't contains runtime-link-static??? How about boost_serialization.dll)
You might thoroughly read http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#Build_Install. Where under the Results section, the naming convention is described. Did you run: bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" install or bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" stage Both the above gather all of the libs and dlls into a directory with the naming convention described above. The appropriate lib is then automatically linked to your project based on the current compiler settings. Jeff Flinn