I'm not sure that you can convert .a archives to .dll libraries. Perhaps you could take a look at Colin Peters' http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~colin/win32-makedll.html and see how to make a dll. Good luck! /ChJ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".