How to convert from windows DLL to windows lib file?

Is there a way to generate a windows LIB file from windows DLL file? I thought I saw it somewhere in some documentation but I cannot remember where. I think it is one of the bin utils. Since someone recently explained that cygwin so files are the same as dll files, can I infer that the same

Re: How to convert from windows DLL to windows lib file?

Siegfried Heintze wrote: Is there a way to generate a windows LIB file from windows DLL file? I thought I saw it somewhere in some documentation but I cannot remember where. I think it is one of the bin utils. Since someone recently explained that cygwin so files are the same as dll