[Solved] Building as static library

[Botyto]

Hello. I've been trying to write a game engine in C++, but got tired of trying to make the graphics work, so I went to Irrlicht for help.
I'm using GLFW (and I would like to keep it) and want to use the window from GLFW with Irrlicht.
I could use the DLL, but I don't really like those and also I want to port the engine to Android (at least), which makes it NOT an option.
So the problem is that I am building the library, but then when I use it the linker cries at:

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irr::IrrlichtDevice * device = irr::createDeviceEx(param);

LNK2019 unresolved external symbol __imp__createDeviceEx referenced in function "private: class core::error_code __thiscall video::window::init(void)" (?init@window@video@@AAE?AVerror_code@core@@XZ) .......

I'm compiling Irrlicht 1.8 using Visual Studio 2015 as a static library with the following settings for the Preprocessor (Debug config):

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_IRR_STATIC_LIB_
NO_IRR_COMPILE_WITH_CONSOLE_DEVICE_
NO_IRR_USE_NON_SYSTEM_JPEG_LIB_
NO_IRR_USE_NON_SYSTEM_LIB_PNG_
NO_IRR_USE_NON_SYSTEM_ZLIB_
_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
WIN32
_DEBUG
_MBCS

Also I tried including the library file in the Linker properties tab, and with a #pragma comment(lib, "irrlicht.lib") It seems like the functions are indeed begin compiled, but for some reason the Linker cannot find the symbols. My opinion on the matter is that I'm not providing proper preprocessor defines. Has anyone encountered such a problem and what was your solution.
I'm sorry if there is already a solution and a topic on the matter, I really couldn't find anything in Google or here
Thanks in advance!

[CuteAlien]

_IRR_STATIC_LIB_ must be set in the library and in your own application as preprocessor define.

[Botyto]

Excellent. Thank you very much !!!

[kormoran]

Worth noting that Irrlicht docs completely miss this detail...

that secret was revealed in the comments into IrrCompileConfig.h, line 680-681