Problems linking Intel MKL in LabWindows

Question

I would like to use the Intel Math Kernel Libraries (MKL) in LabWindows.  However, I keep getting a linker error (undefined symbol when I try to call an MKL function).  The functions I want are the FFT libraries (DFTI).  I included the "mkl.h" and "mkl_dfti.h" files, and added them to my project as well.  I also tried adding the /Qmkl compiler flag when compiling using the Intel compiler.  This has become really frustrating, I don't know what's not added / included / not being linked.
Has anyone use the MKL successfully in LabWindows??  What libraries did you add?  Thanks!
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Wow - sorry about the lack of formatting in the previous post.  Here it is again:
I am working on a 64-bit installation of Win7, but I am making a 32-bit project. I am using LabWindows as an integrated development environment and project builder. I have tried using both its native compiler and the Intel C compiler. In both configuration the linker is LabWindows.
I am so far still only trying to use one function from the MKL, to test whether I have everything included and linked properly:
DftiCreateDescriptor()
I am including the following two header files:
#include mkl.h
#include mkl_dfti.h
I added the following to my include paths:
c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Compiler\11.1\054\
mkl\ia32\lib
c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Compiler\11.1\054\mkl\ia32\bin
c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Compiler\11.1\054\mkl\include
I added six .lib's to my project:
mkl_cdft_core.lib
mkl_cdft_core_dll.lib
mkl_core.lib
mkl_core_dll.lib
mkl_intel_c.lib
mkl_intel_c_dll.lib
I have tried compiling with both LabWindows, and with the Intel C Compiler through the LabWindows external compiler support.  I have tried it with the following flags to the Intel C compiler:
/Qmkl
/Qopenmp -I%MKLROOT%/include
I get the following errors now:
FFT Test.prj(Release) - 4 link errors
 Undefined symbol '_mkl_dft_commit_descriptor_d_c2c_1d_omp' referenced in "mkl_intel_c.lib".
 Undefined symbol '_mkl_dft_commit_descriptor_d_r2c_1d_omp' referenced in "mkl_intel_c.lib".
 Undefined symbol '___kmpc_begin' referenced in "FFT Test.c".
 Undefined symbol '___kmpc_end' referenced in "FFT Test.c".
An Intel MKL support person appears to have responded to my NI forums question, but they haven't been particularly useful yet.  The thread is open at:
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabWindows-CVI/Problems-linking-Intel-MKL-in-LabWindows/td-p/2210642
I have a few questions.  First, are these .lib files static libraries, or lists of exported functions for the .dll's?  I think half of them, the ones that don't have "_dll" in their name, may be static libraries and therefore can have unresolved external dependencies (giving the first two linker errors).  Second, how do I add .dll's to a LabWindows project?  I have their directory in my include path (that's the \bin directory or the second include path I listed above).  Is this enough?  Finally, the Intel MKL responder in the forums.ni thread suggests adding a few .lib files to the linker, but I can't figure out how to do this in LabWindows.