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From: Ashutosh on 17 Jun 2008 10:51
I think I need to use /MT switch instead of /MD
I will try with that!

Ashutosh wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks all for your help/comments! :)
>
> I library that I have to link with my project doesn't have a project
> file. It uses makefiles(its very complex)
>
> Can you please tell me where to change the settings for linking MFC
> statically. Actually, I don't think that this library is using MFC
> (99.99% sure).
>
> I checked the options for 'cl.exe' and 'link.exe' but found no options
> for that.
>
> the flags being used for cl are
>
> /MD /Ox /O2 /Ob2 /W3 /WX /Gs0 /GF /Gy /nologo -I"C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Include"
> -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_WIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DL_ENDIAN -DDSO_WIN32
> -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
> -DOPENSSL_USE_APPLINK -I. /Fdout32dll -DOPENSSL_NO_CAMELLIA
> -DOPENSSL_NO_SEED -DOPENSSL_NO_RC5 -DOPENSSL_NO_MDC2 -DOPENSSL_NO_TLSEXT
> -DOPENSSL_NO_CMS -DOPENSSL_NO_KRB5 -DOPENSSL_NO_DYNAMIC_ENGINE
>
>
> and for linker it's
>
> /nologo /subsystem:console /opt:ref /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib"
>
> If this library/dll is not using MFC then what needs to be done so that
> it doesn't create any problem when used in another project which links
> MFC statically?
>
>
> Regards,
> Ashutosh
>
> Charles Wang [MSFT] wrote:
>> Hi Ashutosh,
>> I understand that you encountered the link error when you build the
>> third party library in statically link.
>> If I have misunderstood, please let me know.
>>
>> From the error message, it is a common seen issue. You do not need to
>> exclude libcmt.lib from linking. I recommend that you check if all the
>> dependency projects or libraries are compiled with the same setting
>> /MT[d]. Ensure that all of them have one setting here. You can find
>> this setting at Project Properties->Configuration Properties-> C/C++
>> -> Code Generation-> Runtime Library.
>>
>> For more information, you may refer to this article:
>> Linking to MFC/CRT dynamically and statically in one image
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2005/01/28/362778.aspx
>>
>> Hope this helps. If you have any other questions or concerns, please
>> feel free to let me know.
>> Best regards,
>> Charles Wang
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From: David Wilkinson on 17 Jun 2008 11:05
Ashutosh wrote:
> I think I need to use /MT switch instead of /MD

Yes indeed, if you want static linking.

[If you want to static link MFC, you must static link CRT.]

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
From: Ashutosh on 17 Jun 2008 17:05
Thanks everyone for your help!
I got it working the way I wanted :)

Regards,
Ashutosh

David Wilkinson wrote:
> Ashutosh wrote:
>> I think I need to use /MT switch instead of /MD
>
> Yes indeed, if you want static linking.
>
> [If you want to static link MFC, you must static link CRT.]
>
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