importing-into-an-application.md

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Importing into an Application

You can import functions into an application using two methods:

• Use the keywords __declspec(dllimport) in a function definition in the main application

• Use a module definition (.def) file along with __declspec(dllimport)

What do you want to do?

• Import into an Application Using __declspec(dllimport)

• Import Function Calls Using __declspec(dllimport)

• Import Data Using __declspec(dllimport)

• Import Using DEF Files

See also

Importing and Exporting