Thanks. That was easy :)

Yeah, I know this is probably a dumb question, but how do you create .lib files? I have some classes that I would like to convert to class libraries. Any help that would point me in the right direction would be appriciated. I tried searching around for it, but nothing useful. It seems like such a standard thing, but I can't find anything on it. Thanks

"Can be either...basically at programmers preference instead of complier " How does that work? Sorry if these are annoying questions.

Thanks :-D

What is the difference between Win32, Windows API, MFC, ATL, and COM? Forgive my ignorance I am new to Windows programming.

"However lib's are probably quicker because everything is linked at compile time and theres no additional over head for linking to an external library at runtime." That was what I was thinking. Does "at run time" mean that it is linked when the program first starts up, or it can happen any time during program execution? "LIB's are usually passed around when you as the programmer wants differ modules of functionality, but in the finalized product you want one single exe...DLL's are used for keeping final product in seperate modules...making it easy to upgrade parts of your app but only updating a single file..." Thanks, that help clear some things up.

This might seem like a trival question, but does a dll or static lib generate faster code? My guess would be static lib, but I really do not know much about dll's. The reason that I ask is that I am writing a bunch of realtime code and I need to make things as fast as possible. Also, how does one choose when to use a dll or a lib? Thanks