I am writing a 64 bit targeted c++ program. I need to call commands from a 3rd party .lib file that is targeted towards a 32 bit environment, however when trying to do so I get a LNK2001 error. Is it possible to do this?
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I am writing a 64 bit targeted c++ program. I need to call commands from a 3rd party .lib file that is targeted towards a 32 bit environment, however when trying to do so I get a LNK2001 error. Is it possible to do this?
Not directly, no; you can’t link 32-bit code into a 64-bit executable.
Perhaps you could create a separate 32-bit process to host your static lib and write a stub API in your 64-bit program that uses interprocess communication to have the 32-bit process execute the code on your behalf.