Creating Dll’s import library(.lib) from a .def file in MSVC

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Have you faced a situation where it is needed to create an import library (.lib file) from a (.def ) file  while using any third party DLL?

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here is the way to do it.

Visual studio has a tool for it.
1) run Visual Studio2010->Visual Studio Tools->Command Prompt from  Start menu
2) run lib.exe with the ” /def:[def_file_name.def]”  option to generate the .lib file

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