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

If any symbol in a Application (.exe) project is exported (e.g. with __declspec(dllexport) ), both the .exe and the .lib files will be generated See: Why does my Visual C++ .exe project build create .lib and .exp files?