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Yes. The library build in VS 2008 can be used in VS 2005.<br />
In the VS 2005 project you will use only h-files and the lib-file. LIB file format was not changed.<br />
Of course you may meet some problems - everything depends on the library source code. For example, does it use CString, MFC, etc. <br />
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Yes. The library build in VS 2008 can be used in VS 2005.
In the VS 2005 project you will use only h-files and the lib-file. LIB file format was not changed.
Of course you may meet some problems - everything depends on the library source code. For example, does it use CString, MFC, etc.
 


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Thanks, &nbsp;<br />
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Would there be any issues if I used the c++ standard library (STL specifically)?<br />
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Are there any compiler settigngs that I'd &quot;BETTER&quot; use?<br />
Any compiler settings that I'd &quot;BETTER NOT&quot; use?
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Thanks,  

Would there be any issues if I used the c++ standard library (STL specifically)?

Are there any compiler settigngs that I'd "BETTER" use?
Any compiler settings that I'd "BETTER NOT" use?

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Can a static lib built using Visual Studio 2008, be linked into a Visual Studio 2005 project?<br />
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We want to avoid recompiling the VS 2008 if at all possible.
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Can a static lib built using Visual Studio 2008, be linked into a Visual Studio 2005 project?

We want to avoid recompiling the VS 2008 if at all possible.

Static library compatibility

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