On Windows 7, How do you reference a Visual Studio 2008 "static library" (a dot lib) and a "dynamic library" (a dot dll) in NetBeans which uses g++

[clusardi2k]

I'm using Windows 7, NetBeans 7.1.2, C:\MinGW\bin\g++.exe compiler/linker, and 
writing code in C and Java. 

The most important question: I have a dot lib and a dot dll produced from the 
Visual Studio 2008 compiler. Can I use these two files with MinGW g++ compiled 
code? I want to compile/link my own two NetBeans projects using g++ with two 
libraries (the dot lib and dot dll) produced by Visual Studio 2008?

If I can use the dot lib and the dot dll then answers to the below two 
questions are important to me.

Background: I have two NetBeans projects. The first project is written in Java 
and communicates with a C++ project using the JNI (Java Native Interface). The 
C++ project uses a subset of a large C++ library. The Java project has a main 
method that invokes my C++ project.

I'm suppose to use a proprietary dot lib to be able to compile my C++ project, 
and use the dot dll to be able to run the two projects together.

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Second Question:

I have been trying to reference a static library (file.lib) using linker 
options such as "-l" and "-L". All attempts have been unsuccessful partly 
because the "-l" option only takes the name of the library (without a leading 
"lib" in the filename and no suffix) and probably not a path to the library 
file. The "L" option takes a path to the folder containing the library, but it 
does not work for me. I tried to set the PATH environment variable but that 
didn't fix the problem.

http://mingw.org/wiki/LibraryPathHOWTO 

My second question is how do you reference a static library within NetBeans? 

You can modify the NetBeans project's linking options by right clicking on the 
project and selecting properties. From there, you can specify a library folder, 
a specific library file, or you can enter a specific linker option such as 
"-lfile". 

I have tried various ways to get my project to use the dot lib without success. 
When I build the project, I get a lot of undefined references. 

Third Question:

My third question is how do you reference a dynamic library (a dot dll) within 
NetBeans? I have a proprietary dot dll, so I ask where and how do I use it.

Thanks