Why need vc7.0 runtime dll?

[flyashzhao]

My project is very small, so I want to use the MFC in a static library. I change the project property, but this doesn't work, it still need to link the MFC70.dll and MSVCR70.dll.
Does anyone have idea about this problem? Thanks.

[Andreas Masur]

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[Andreas Masur]

Well...you cannot link against a dll, but rather against its import library. However, I assume you mean that the dll is still required at run-time?

If so...which version of the package are you using? Standard? Professional? Does the application depend on external libraries etc. which might require these dll's?

[MrViggy]

MSVCxxx.dll and MSVCRxxx.dll are not MFC dlls, they are the C runtime library DLL's.

I don't recall if there is a way to statically link against the CRT. Even if you can, I believe that you'll still find other DLL's that link the CRT dynamically. You can try enabling the "Minimize CRT use in ATL" setting...

Viggy

[JamesSchumacher]

Project->YourProject Properties->C++->Code Generation->Runtime Library

This is where you change the linking of the CRT. If you link against STATIC MFC, you SHOULD link against static CRT. If you link dynamically with MFC, you should link with dynamic CRT.

I just bought VC++.NET Standard 2003 yesterday, and already found this option.

Regards.