Import a library to Visual C++
<p>I have some experience with C#/Java, PHP, ASP and all the other web based fuss languages but recently I've been trying to learn the real deal, which to me is C++. I must admit syntax is a bit weird to me, coming from managed environments but I started managing it. I bought some books but most of their examples, which I do understand, but they doesn't really help with the IDE, of course not, since they're not specialized about that. </p>

<p>So either way, I decided I've had enough with theory and simple book jobs so I came up with a "project" to test myself. I thought to myself that It should have some sort of INI parser, but I didn't want to write one myself, the "task" was to implement a 3rd party library/solution. Now from visual studio for C# I know how to add shared DLLs, which is not the problem. After some digging I've found this </p>

<p><a href="http://code.jellycan.com/simpleini/" rel="nofollow">http://code.jellycan.com/simpleini/</a></p>

<p>Cool thing about it is that it is claimed to be cross-platform which should be a win/win. It's open source as well, which is great. </p>

<p>But the question is, how I add it to visual studio so that when I include SimpleINI.h my IDE would compile it as well on each build. One way is to have it compiled as a shared DLL, I think, but I don't really want that :&lt; . I really like the idea of open source and I imagine myself throwing code out there in the wild, in the future and I would like to include all the sources including the libraries, with proper credit. </p>

<p>How do you guys do it? I'd appreciate if you suggest a book or are "step-by-step" guide. </p>
