What does "#pragma comment" mean?

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user198729 picture user198729 · Aug 14, 2010 · Viewed 129.8k times · Source

What does #pragma comment mean in the following?

#pragma comment(lib, "kernel32")
#pragma comment(lib, "user32")

Answer

KeatsPeeks picture KeatsPeeks · Aug 14, 2010

#pragma comment is a compiler directive which indicates Visual C++ to leave a comment in the generated object file. The comment can then be read by the linker when it processes object files.

#pragma comment(lib, libname) tells the linker to add the 'libname' library to the list of library dependencies, as if you had added it in the project properties at Linker->Input->Additional dependencies

See #pragma comment on MSDN

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