How do I create both a .lib file and an .exe file in Visual C++?

Question

I currently have a console project which creates an .exe file; I want it to also create a .lib file so other projects, compiled as DLLs, would be able to call functions from the

Answer 1

Posting this just as a reference I know the original post was posted long time ago but this still applies to anyone who needs a solution to this problem.

Go to the project you want to make a .lib file for and follow these steps:

1. Right click on the project.
2. Select Properties.
3. Select Build Events.
4. Select Pre-Link Event .

5. Finally in the Command Line paste this:

   @ECHO ON @ECHO "$(VC_ExecutablePath_x86)\lib.exe" /out:"$(OutDir)$(ProjectName).lib" "$(IntermediateOutputPath)*.obj" "$(VC_ExecutablePath_x86)\lib.exe" /out:"$(OutDir)$(ProjectName).lib" "$(IntermediateOutputPath)*.obj"

This will call the lib tool to generate the lib file out of the generated object files.