How to dllimport in Microsoft Visual C++

Question

I have a DLL and I would like to use some of its functions.

#include 

using namespace std;

extern \"C\" __declspec(dllimport) int Initializ         


        

Answer 1

Under visual studio you can't link directly to DLL, you need import library.

So basically you have several options:

1. Create import library form dll and link to it. There are some tools coming with MinGW that do the job, they may actually work for you, AFAIK there are also some tools for MSVC.

   This can be helpful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/131313, not tested myself

2. Use GetProcAddress
3. Use gcc as it know to link directly with DLL's without import library :-)