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I have a working Visual Studio 2010 solution with two projects. &nbsp;The main project includes the second project as a reference. &nbsp;<br />
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I converted the second project from a static LIB to a DLL. &nbsp;I removed the original reference from the main project in the solution and re-added it. &nbsp;The second project DLL successfully builds and lands in the Release and Debug folders.<br />
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When I build the solution I now get a linker error:<br />
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LNK1181: cannot open input file C:\Release\MyLib.Lib<br />
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When I inspect the linker command line, it still references the LIB file instead of the DLL.<br />
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Is there a linker setting that should be changed to recognize the DLL?<br />
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I have a working Visual Studio 2010 solution with two projects.  The main project includes the second project as a reference.  


I converted the second project from a static LIB to a DLL.  I removed the original reference from the main project in the solution and re-added it.  The second project DLL successfully builds and lands in the Release and Debug folders.

When I build the solution I now get a linker error:

LNK1181: cannot open input file C:\Release\MyLib.Lib

When I inspect the linker command line, it still references the LIB file instead of the DLL.

Is there a linker setting that should be changed to recognize the DLL?



How do I change a Visual C++ project from a static lib to a DLL in a VS2010 solution

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