Why do I get a "member function not present" error when evaluating expressions on the VC++ debugger?

I've got a static method, `MyClass::myMethod()` on another DLL, `MyDll.dll`. In my code, I call this method, and it compiles and runs fine. But when I try `MyClass::myMethod()` in the immediate window (or the watch window), I always get: ``` MyClass::myMethod() CXX0052: Error: member function not present ``` Why is that? Update: I've found out that when I use the context operator it works: ``` {,,MyDLL}MyClass::myMethod() ``` I'm not really sure why it's needed, though, so I'm going to wait a bit to see if someone has a nice explanation. Update 2: I was asked to give more information. Unfortunately, what I described is almost all I have. This is in third-party code. The method, which resides on a different DLL, is declared like this: ``` class MyClass { public: // ... _declspec(dllimport) static const char *getDirectory(void); } ``` and it is invoked like this: ``` MyClass::getDirectory () ``` I haven't got the source. It was compiled on Debug mode under VC++9.