Generating OMF DLL implibs on Windows – reliable?

[David Nadlinger]

Since I made some pretty negative experiences trying to get linking DLL 
on Windows to work some years ago, I have always been using dynamic 
loading (in the sense of looking up the symbol addresses at runtime) to 
avoid any COFF/OMF-related problems. However, this obviously also has 
its disadvantages, like not being able to link the libraries in question 
statically on other operating systems.

Therefore, I'd like to know if the situation got better in the meantime, 
i.e. whether there is a OMF DLL import library tool available by now 
that Just Works, in the sense that you can just tell anybody who wants 
to build your project on Windows to use it without feeling guilty?

Thanks,
David