Its not practical to have object code that is executable on both linux and
windows.  With careful programming you can write C/C++ code that is
portable, but its not easy.  For windowing QT is probably your best
cross-platform choice.  As soon as you delve into any I/O, or any hardware
specific function you're likely to commit yourself to an OS.

  as for you particular app,  if you're just pulling DB tables, you can use
a variety of connectors which are cross platform.  If youre trying to
customize Mysql in some other way, it would really depend on the particular
problem.

  in all, this sounds like a job for Java which does have good MySQL
support.

  -jmz

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Jon M. Hanson <jon@the-hansons-az.net>wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:02:20AM -0700, keith smith wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking of writing a small application that can run on both Linux
> and Windows written in GCC C/C++ that will utilize MySql running on Linux .
> >
> > Initially I need the application to run on Windows XP or Vista and
> connect to the Linux box to access MySql.
> >
> > Is it possible to write an application using GCC that will run both on
> Linux and Windows?? If so what should I be looking into?
> >
> > Is there a better approach?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Keith
> > ------------------------
>
> It's not possible because Linux and Windows use different executable
> file formats.
>
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