Link a dll to a lib 1

[Iverson3]

HI,

My question is just what's the steps need to be taken to link a dll file to a lib file for compliation.

I can find some instructions on the web for linking a dll to an exe, but not for a dll to a lib file.

Can anyone help on this?

Thanks

 

[PerFnurt]

DLL : Linking is done during execution.

LIB = Library linked during compilation (or the linking phase of the compilation rather)

So, naturally you never really link a DLL to a LIB.

However, the LIB can of course be linked into an EXE and that EXE can link to a DLL.

You access DLL stuff from a LIB the same way you access them from any other code.

/Per

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[Iverson3]

Hi PerFnurt,

Thanks for the reply. However, I just would like to clarify the following pts.

Problem: In the lib project, I need to create object of classes, which are declared in another dll file.

so i guess a possible solution might be follow:
1. I include all the necessary header files from that dll project in the current lib file. Thus, the compiler could compile the lib file.

2. Then I do the "actual" link procedure to the dll in the exe file, where the lib file is used.

will this actually solve the problem of "linking dll to lib" ?


Thanks

 

[PerFnurt]

Yes, that is the way to do it.

/Per

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