Visual Studio 2012 lib can work with VS2008 app on Win8

[tvnaidu]

I have Two questions, sorry if it is some basic.

1) I did received .lib (library) file compiled with Visual studio 2012 (VS2012), I have some application compiled with VS2008, can I use that .lib compiled with VS2012 with VS2008 application?.

2) The above lib generated for Win8 Desktop apps, how I will know whether that lib compatible with Metro?.

Thanks a lot.

[weaknessforcats]

If your VS2008 lib works in a VS2012 build , you should be okay. Forward compatibility is more likely than backward compatibility.

The only question I have is whether this is a lib you have developed or whether it is a Microsoft lib. If the latter, you may be missing bug fixes.

Generally speaking if your calls resolve themselves in the link using a lib, then it's a good bet the linker found the code for the call to the lib function.