How to use msvc++ with cygwin libraries?

["Stone, Tim" <tstone at ida dot org>]

Greetings,

I spent a long time looking, and couldn't find this answered.
If it has been, please send me a pointer to where to look.

My problem:

I have an existing (X/lesstif) application which compiles and
runs under cygwin (gcc).

I have some new functionality which I need to add to this application
which is provided in some type libraries (.tlb).

When I try to compile this under cygwin, I get errors about the type
libraries being invalid.  The type libraries do, however, compile
under MSVC++.  I gather from this that cygwin has a different format
for type libraries than MSVC++.

So....since I can compile the type libraries under MSVC++, can I:
  Use MSVC++ with the cygwin libraries? (ie, libXt, libXm, libX11, etc)?

Or, is there a way to convert the type libraries into a form cygwin's 
gcc
can digest?

thanks!
tim



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