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- Learn how to generate a *.lib file from a *.dll with this comprehensive guide. Using the Visual Studio Command Prompt and Microsoft's recommended tools, this article walks you through the steps for a seamless process. Perfect for developers working with 3rd party win dll's.
-title: Create ".lib" file from ".dll" (archive)
-author: adrianhenke
-layout: post
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-
-> This's a copy of a non-my post.
-> The original article [is here](https://adrianhenke.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/create-lib-file-from-dll/) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20161118122539/https://adrianhenke.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/create-lib-file-from-dll/)).
-
-When working with 3rd party win dll's you sometimes miss the according to the `*.lib` file required to compile against it.
-There is an [Microsoft KB-Q131313](http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B131313&x=1&y=15) ([archive](https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/131/Q131313/)) article showing how to generate a `*.lib` file from a `*.dll` however the required steps are not described detailed enough I think.
-So here is my quick guide.
-
-Open the "Visual Studio Command Prompt", you find its shortcut in "_Start_" -> "_Programs_" -> "_Microsoft Visual Studio Tools_".
-Now run the `dumpbin` command to get a list of all exported functions of your dll:
-
-```bash
-dumpbin /exports C:\\yourpath\\yourlib.dll
-```
-
-This will print quite a bit of text to the console.
-However, we are only interested in the functions:
-
-```
-ordinal hint RVA name
-
-1 0 00017770 jcopy_block_row
-2 1 00017710 jcopy_sample_rows
-3 2 000176C0 jdiv_round_up
-4 3 000156D0 jinit_1pass_quantizer
-5 4 00016D90 jinit_2pass_quantizer
-6 5 00005750 jinit_c_coef_controller
-...etc
-```
-
-Now copy all those function names (only the names!) and paste them into a new text file.
-Name the next file `yourlib.def` and put the line "EXPORTS" at its top.
-My `yourlib.def` file looks like this:
-
-```
-EXPORTS
-jcopy_block_row
-jcopy_sample_rows
-jdiv_round_up
-jinit_1pass_quantizer
-jinit_2pass_quantizer
-jinit_c_coef_controller
-...
-```
-
-Now from that definition file, we can finally create the `*.lib` file.
-We use the `lib` tool for this, so run this command in your "Visual Studio Command Prompt":
-
-```bash
-lib /def:C:\\mypath\\mylib.def /OUT:C:\\mypath\\mylib.lib
-```
-
-That's it, happy coding 🙂 \ No newline at end of file