How to use existing static LIB

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Hi,

i am new to Unreal Engine, I’ve been working with the unreal engine for 3 weeks now. I want to use existing static LIBs. I have some Header files, some static LIBs and DLLs.

example:
lib1.h
lib1.lib
lib1.dll
lib2.h
lib2.lib
lib2.dll

I created a plugin, in the Visual Studio Project properties i cant link the LIB, there is no option to do that. What do i have to do to link the LIBs? Do i have to use the Windows API and load the DLL at Runtime with the LoadLibrary function?

Can someone please explain to me how I can implement this or give me a link where I can read it

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While this post was pending, I managed to get everything up and running.

But I have another question. I am using an external library and everything works now, the DLL load and function calls, but when I change code in my blueprint library I have to restart the editor for that to take effect. How do I reload the plugin while the editor is open?

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btw. don’t be happy without packing your project if you don’t look at delayed dll load.

you can use my plugin as reference.

build.cs
Public/FF_RealSense.h
Private/FF_RealSense.cpp

also it has Android dynamic library integration, too.

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Thank you very much, you have helped me a lot.

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