# Windows DLL with ALL symbols of dependent static libs
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185
**Category:** Code
**Tags:** os:windows
**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185 "2023-05-23T06:25:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@robiwano](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robiwano)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185/1 "2023-05-23T06:25:53Z")
I want to assemble a Windows DLL which depends on a plethora of internal and third-party static libraries to export ALL symbols of ALL libraries, but it seems nigh to impossible. I’ve tried target\_link\_libraries with WHOLE\_ARCHIVE, CMAKE\_WINDOWS\_EXPORT\_ALL\_SYMBOLS. Closest I’ve gotten is to add the target objects of each dependency.
I’m all out of ideas.
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### Author:  [@robiwano](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robiwano)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185/3 "2023-05-24T08:31:01Z")
If I use the $\ option, I can see that the library is included in the linker options (also using /INCREMENTAL:NO), but still, no symbol is generated in the exports.def file.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185/4 "2023-05-29T12:46:00Z")
I think that [this issue](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22679) is most closely related to this.
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### Author:  [@robiwano](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/robiwano)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/windows-dll-with-all-symbols-of-dependent-static-libs/8185/5 "2023-05-29T13:01:43Z")
Yes, indeed. Thanks!