Can't create .lib file from .def Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition

I want to call ECLiPse CLP predicate from my VC++ 2008 Express Edition solution, after googling for a while it seems that I should generate a static eclipse.lib file from the eclipse.def file (using Microsoft's Library Manager), to do that I should type a command in the visual studio command line window similar to

lib /def:eclipse.def /OUT:eclipse.lib

But I don't get anything neither the .lib file nor any information about what went wrong. I navigate to the eclipse.def directory before writing the command and I tried link.exe and it doesn't work too.

Any ideas?