Static release

[Nexus]

In Visual C++ Express 2008, I am using SFML and linking statically with configuration "Release". Strangely, everything works if I link dynamically. I added the additional dependencies ("sfml-graphics.lib sfml-window.lib sfml-system.lib"), and order shouldn't be problem... I even tried to recompile the files in C:\...\SFML-1.2\vc2008\SFML.sln in release static mode and tested my project again, it didn't help.
I get a lot of errors like these:

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1>msvcprt.lib(MSVCP90.dll) : error LNK2005: "public: __thiscall std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (??0?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QAE@ABV01@@Z) is already defined in libcpmt.lib(string.obj).
1>MSVCRTD.lib(MSVCR90D.dll) : error LNK2005: _strncmp is already defined in LIBCMTD.lib(strncmp.obj).
(btw: output is translated, might be not literally)

Can you tell me why this occurs? I've read similar posts but I have seen nowhere the same problem.

[Laurent]

Which version of the C-RunTime are you linking with ?

[Nexus]

Hm.. Sorry I don't know the CRT version, where do I see it? I just installed Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition (Version is 9.0.21022.8 RTM).
Version of .NET Framework is 3.5, if this helps...

Which CRT version should it be (what is standard) to be able to link statically with SFML? Where can I get it?

[Laurent]

Project properties --> C / C++ --> Code generation --> Runtime library.

The value should be "Multithreaded debug DLL" in debug, and "Multithreaded DLL" in release.

[Nexus]

With these settings it works (I've always set it like this).
But I think if I use the DLL configuration then I don't link statically any more... Am I wrong?

[Laurent]

This is just the settings used to link the CRT (the standard library), it has nothing to do with the SFML libraries.