>How would I do declared a function as exported?
>
Jim,

Mike's already told you one way, another is:

// In the header
#define DllExport __declspec( dllexport )
DllExport int SomeFunctionName(HWND hOwner, LPTSTR lpbuffer);
// The acutal function
DllExport int SomeFunctionName(HWND hOwner, LPTSTR lpbuffer)
{
  // Code here
}

Further, let me second Mike's recommendation on the book. Ivor Horton's "Beginning Visual C++..." (from Wrox Press) has gone through several version's. It's an excellent book.