Robert Klemme wrote: >>I ran into this one as well while using the free compilation tools >>from Microsoft. I believe you also have to install the .Net SDK to >>get the MSVCRT.lib. Hope that helps. > > > I'm not 100% sure but I think I remember that this lib is part of the OS. > Did you check whether you have that file or MSVCRT.DLL on your machine? I have 17 copies of the .dll, but none of the .lib. The error I get is LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "MSVCRT.LIB' Can I link against the DLL? Steve