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Asked: 2026-05-12T10:46:51+00:00

I have a makefile project that builds and links a DLL, using the command-line

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I have a makefile project that builds and links a DLL, using the command-line cl.exe compiler, which is included in the VC++ Express (free) tool. I now want to convert that makefile project into a Visual Studio project.

The DLL is not actually C++; it’s all written in C.

The DLL exports a small number of symbols, functions that are called by other programs that link to the DLL. I believe that in order to produce this DLL, I need to include an /EXPORT:Foo statement on the link command line, for each exported symbol.

How do I do the same in Visual Studio 2008? How do I specify the linker options to export a specific, small set of functions from the DLL?

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    You will have to use the “Additional Options” in the linker “Command Line” property and add the options explicitly.

    I think that most people use the __declspec(dllexport) attributes along with macros to make it more usable and to make the declspec a dllimport version in the headers for clients of the library.

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