I'll ask in the MFC group where the static link setting is.
"David Wilkinson, Visual C++ MVP" answered:
Use static linking.
BTW, if this is a question about an MFC application, you are really in the
wrong group. It is not an IDE issue, it is an MFC issue. So use the MFC
group. Many kinds of apps cannot use static linking, but MFC apps can.
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