Question about accessing functions in static libraries

[moschops]

Hiya,

A simple one, I hope. I'm coding in C++, with VS. I build a static
library from various functions, resulting in a .lib file. I have a
header file containing function prototypes that I include in the
programme that will use the library, but for this programme to be able
to use functions from the library, do they need to be specifically
marked for 'export' when I build the static library? If so, what does
this 'export' actually do? Where is the record kept of what functions
are in the library?

'Chops