MSVCR80.DLL Reference in C++ project , VS2005

Question

I have to modify in an old project , I just comment a line in a C++ 2.0 project with VS2005, when i build the project , i see on .net reflector a reference to MSVCR80.DLL, but on the old DLL, wich is on production, there is nor reference to this DLL

how can i remove this reference?

Thank's in advance

Answer 1

MSVCR80.DLL provides the C runtime. Since you compile with a different compiler you have a different runtime library to work with. See here for starting references to learn more. You could configure your project to link the C runtime statically, and that would get rid of the DLL dependency.

Answer 2

A static library by default links to the dynamic runtime, which is why your code has a dependency on msvcr80.dll. Visual C++ programs must link to a runtime. You can change your static library to use a static runtime to remove the dependency.

Do it in Configuration Properties | C/C++ | Code Generation | Runtime Library setting Configuration Properties | C/C++ | Code Generation | Runtime Library setting Configuration Properties | C/C++ | Code Generation | Runtime Library setting .
if it is set to Multi Threaded Debug DLL then set it to Multi Threaded .... Or just select the NON-DLL version from available list

Your code probably depends on mfc80.dll because you have Configuration Properties | General | Use of MFC set to one of the MFC options.