64-bit DWT & Windows static libs

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 23/07/2014 1:01 p.m., Mike wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 July 2014 at 22:53:52 UTC, Mike wrote:
>> I'm investigating what it will take to port DWT to 64-bit.  For
>> Windows, it looks like I will need 64-bit versions of the static libs
>> here:
>> https://github.com/d-widget-toolkit/org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86/tree/master/lib
>> (ole32.lib, msimg32.lib, etc...)
>>
>> I have several different versions of these files on my computer, but
>> does anyone know what the true source of these files is.  Is there a
>> re-distributable or runtime from Microsoft that has these files?
>>
>> Thanks for the help?
>>
>> Mike
>
> Well, it looks like these files are in the Windows SDK.  That leaves me
> wondering about another question, though:  Are these static libs legally
> redistributable?  They are listed in the SDK's redist.txt, but only if
> compiled with in a user binary.
>
> DMD redistributes some of them, but does Digital Mars have a unique
> agreement with Microsoft?
>
> Again, thanks for any help answering these questions.
>
> Mike

You shouldn't need to find them. They are provided with the MSVC tool 
chain. So as long as DMD is set up for 64bit, it should just link.