Is there a better way to load a dll in C++?

Question

Right now I do something like this and it seems messy if I end having a lot of functions I want to reference in my DLL. Is there a better and cleaner way of accessing the fu

Answer 1

Import libraries (.lib) simplify DLL usage in user code, see e.g. here for a basic tutorial.
They spare the users from loading the DLL, using GetProcAddress() and function pointers themselves - they statically link to the import library instead which does the work for them.