Cannot find C++ ATL Libraries (atl.lib and atl120.dll) in Visual Studio 2013

Question

I have a C++ project that uses the ATL library. In Visual Studio 2012, I used to see the following two files:

• Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\atlmfc\lib\Atl.lib
• Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC110.ATL\atl110.dll

The corresponding Lib and DLL files are not to be found in the Visual Studio 2013 installation. Where can I find the corresponding files for VS2013?

Answer 1

In Visual Studio 2013, all the functionality inside the ATL DLL has been moved directly into the ATL headers. So there is no need for a DLL or the associated import lib. You just need to include the appropriate headers in your sources and all the functionality is built right into your binaries.