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Visual C++ NOOB - Working with MFC DLL linking option in the project setting

Alright, must confess that I am indeed a NOOB when it comes to Visual C++ despite the fact that I learned C++ first and started to work with this language initially in my current work place (of 10 years++). Had a chance again to work with C++ after so many years away from it, which I'm looking forward to because C++ is really the language that I'd really want to master.  So the current project is giving me quite a lot of headache considering it is an upgrade from the old Visual Studio 6.0 to the not-so-latest Visual Studio 2010, I would expect a lot of hurdles to overcome.  Thankfully my genius colleague who has previously worked on the upgrading provided me with his sample to look at, plus referring back to the old project in VS6, I finally able to get it up and running (without crashing, phew). So here's what I've learned from this task. 1. Use of MFC setting So the use of MFC setting has to be consistent throughout all projects within the solution.  If the mai