struggling to link against a C global in D (win/vs2017)

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Monday, 29 October 2018 at 00:01:21 UTC, DanielG wrote:
> 	extern DLLPROJECT_API int myIntValue;
> 	extern __gshared int myIntValue;


Both are listed as extern, where is the actual variable stored? 
If it is in the dll, it shouldn't be extern there.