[GD-Windows] declspec?

[Brett B. <res...@ga...>]

Can someone explain to me when and how to use the __declspec(dllimport) and
__declspec(dllexport) specifiers?

We have a few libraries that are statically linked to the game.  In
CodeWarrior this has always worked.  We tried to build a MSVC project and
the linker complains.  Only when we put __declspec(dllexport) in the class
declarations will it compile.  I checked the MSDN doc and it's not very
clear what's needed for static libraries.  This must be a basic thing I
guess, but I have always used CodeWariror and never seen this kind of
problem.

Cheers,
-bb