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Can DLL work with static lib?

hi,
I have the following scenario:
1) a VB application for GUI
2) a C++ DLL to provide callbacks for the VB application
this DLL needs to call functions from a static library.

can this be achieved? I got core dump at the static library functions.

thanks
andrea
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hi jhance,
i declared a new project of Win32 DLL type and in the project, i include the static library, mylib.lib.
inside one of functions in the DLL project, i called the functions in the lib, e.g. mylib->OnStart(....)

so when the application runs, it core dumps at mylib->OnStart.

a colleague suggests that I do the following:
1) create a normal c++ program (myprog) that links with mylib.lib
2) from VB, send interprocess msgs to myprog
3) from myprog, call the functions in mylib.lib to handle these msgs

pls advise.
andrea