Create Static Library in Visual Studio?

I see in Plato I can create a Static Library, but can you do it in Visual Studio?

I changed the Project Properties-->Miscellaneous-->OutputFiletype to 'Static Library(LIB)' but get the following message:

LINK : error : Unrecognised file type for DBK: Debug\NET\CommonShared.lib

You will get the same error in Plato if you try to create a static library for .NET.

For .NET you can create assemblies which are either executables or dynamic libraries. The only other option is to create an MDI.