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Re: standalone application

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From: Micha Nelissen
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:39
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Marcel wrote:

> But can't the dll be transformed to an import library. I tried something
> with implib to generate lib files of these dll's and i added them to the
> project but they arent't included in my exe however.

Without the import library you wouldn't even have been able to link your 
application because the symbols would not have been found. When loading 
the application in memory, the import library searches for the DLL to 
load the actual functions, the import library is just a 'stub'.

HTH,

Micha.
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