How to link an existing .exe to a DLL?

[squidge]

Depends on the DLL complexity and your skill level. Read this entire thread, choose the one that you understand the most and choose that.

[faldzip]

That'll work, just remember that the Express editions don't support the Qt addin.

But you can have MSVC and use it in Qt Creator - that is the way I choose :] and you don't need any Qt Add-in
Nice developing with Qt connected with nice and completly Windows way to produce Windows application. I don't like MinGW as it looks like forcing applications compiled with Unix compiler to run on Windows - 1st thought: rather not comfortable and not efficient.

[squidge]

Which is why I use Visual Studio 2008. QtCreator is nice, but VS2008 with the plugins you are used to is much better. My full time job is software engineer, I use VS at work and work pays for the home VS license too, so it makes sense to me.

But of course the situation is different for each person. I'm not sure on the deployment licensing of VS express edition, but using the VS EE under QtCreator is a good choice for non-commercial work.

[babygal]

But you can have MSVC and use it in Qt Creator - that is the way I choose :] and you don't need any Qt Add-in
Nice developing with Qt connected with nice and completly Windows way to produce Windows application. I don't like MinGW as it looks like forcing applications compiled with Unix compiler to run on Windows - 1st thought: rather not comfortable and not efficient.

1. How to "have MVSC and use it in Qt Creator"?If I do it this way, compiling is done using VC or GCC?