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    copied!<p>I'm not sure why is this. I'm distributing a static *.lib across multiple projects, but this static lib generates many *.obj files. Seems like I need to distribute also those *.obj files with the *.lib. Otherwise, I get this error:</p> <pre><code>1&gt;LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'nsglCore.obj' </code></pre> <p>Why is this? Is there a way to include the data in the *.obj files in the *.lib? Maybe a switch in the compiler?</p> <p>This is my config for the static library:</p> <p><strong>C/C++</strong></p> <pre><code>/Od /GT /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_LIB" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /Gm /EHsc /MD /Yu"stdafx.hpp" /Fp"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Source\Core\Intermediate\nsglCore-Win32-Release.pch" /Fo"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Source\Core\Intermediate\\" /Fd"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Source\Core\Intermediate\vc90-Release.pdb" /W3 /nologo /c /Zi /TP /errorReport:prompt </code></pre> <p><strong>Librarian</strong></p> <pre><code>/OUT:"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Source\Core\Output\nsglCore-Win32-Release.lib" /NOLOGO /LTCG </code></pre> <p>This is my config for the project using the static library:</p> <p><strong>C/C++</strong></p> <pre><code>/O2 /Oi /I "E:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\\DummyEngine\\" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /FD /EHsc /MD /Gy /Fo"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\OnlyCore\Intermediate\\" /Fd"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\OnlyCore\Intermediate\vc90-Release.pdb" /W3 /nologo /c /Zi /TP /errorReport:prompt </code></pre> <p><strong>Linker</strong></p> <pre><code>/OUT:"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\OnlyCore\Output\SampleOnlyCore-Win32-Release.exe" /INCREMENTAL:NO /NOLOGO /LIBPATH:"E:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\..\Deployment\Libraries" /MANIFEST /MANIFESTFILE:"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\OnlyCore\Intermediate\SampleOnlyCore-Win32-Release.exe.intermediate.manifest" /MANIFESTUAC:"level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false'" /DEBUG /PDB:"e:\Development\Projects\nsGameLib\Samples\OnlyCore\Intermediate\SampleOnlyCore-Win32-Release.pdb" /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF /LTCG /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /MACHINE:X86 /ERRORREPORT:PROMPT nsglCore kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib </code></pre>
 

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