The following provides instructions for compiling and linking your program with Intel® MKL v.10.x using Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2008 or Microsoft* Visual Studio* 2005:

1. Select View » Solution Explorer (and make sure this window is active).
2. Select Tools » Options » Projects and Solutions » VC++ Directories.
3. In the drop down menu titled Show directories for:, select Include Files, and then type in the directory for the Intel MKL include files (e.g. default: C:\Program Files\Intel\MKL\10.x\include).
4. In the drop down menu titled Show directories for: select Library Files, and then type in the directory for the Intel MKL library files (e.g. default: C:\Program Files\Intel\MKL\10.x\ia32\lib).
5. In the drop down menu titled Show directories for: select Executable Files, and then type in the directory for the Intel MKL executable files (e.g. default: C:\Program Files\Intel\MKL\10.x\ia32\bin).
6. On the main toolbar select Project » Properties » Configuration Properties » Linker » Input and in the "Additional Dependencies" line, add the libraries needed by your application. For example, for dynamic linking of user code containing LAPACK or BLAS functions link tomkl_intel_c_dll.lib mkl_intel_thread_dll.lib mkl_core_dll.lib libiomp5md.lib). Please refer to the Intel MKL User's Guide, Chapter 5 for more information.