title: From MinGW static library (.a) to Visual Studio static library (.lib)
body: <p>I'm trying to use <a href="http://xlslib.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer">xlsLib</a> for creating Excel spreadsheets from a C++ application. </p>
  
  <p>The trouble is that compiling xlsLib, I give a .a file (a GCC static library, generated by MinGW). But, my application depends on another API (<code>PhysX</code>) that only compiles with Visual Studio. </p>
  
  <p>Thus: is it possible to transform the GCC static library (<code>xlslib.a</code>) to a Visual Studio static library file (<code>xlslib.lib</code>)?</p>