[libsmi] Win32 app refuses to link with libsmi.a 0.4.5

Hello everyone --

I'm new to libsmi, so please be patient with my perhaps-naive questions.

I'm a C-language agent developer. I wrote a Win32 app called SimpleNMS that I use for agent testing:

http://www.pwilson.net/SimpleNMSUserGuide.html

I had hoped to use Win32 libsmi.a 0.4.5 in this app to map numeric OIDs to MIB names. But I can't so far link SimpleNMS with libsmi under MS VC++6.0 or VS 2005: the linker complains that it can't find _alloca().

I haven't found an easy fix yet: VS deprecates _alloca(); yet I can't replace it because it's intrinsic.

And I haven't dared to build libsmi under VS from scratch.

So my questions:

1. Is there a libsmi.a around that has actually worked with MS dev tools?

2. I get the impression that most libsmi dev is going on under 'nix and that that Win32 libsmi is pretty much an orphan child. If that's true, I'd be glad to volunteer as a foster parent to help with Win32 development. Can I be useful to list subscribers and libsmi users?

Thanks very much, folks. I appreciate your help. I'm at a Catch-22 dead end and need to get past it.

-- Pete Wilson

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