Visual studio code SFML no such file or directory - c++

Question

Hello i have been trying to learn c++ SFML by using visual studo code.
After watching a tutorial how to install sfml in c++ i had everything set.
But, the problem is when i try to compile it gives me this error:
"main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: SFML/Graphics.hpp: No such file or directory".
I have been throught many guides but none of them appeared to be working.
Here is my code:
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <iostream>
int main() {
sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(1280,720),"Nareszcie");
while(window.isOpen())
{
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event))
{
if (event.type==sf::Event::Closed)
{
window.close();
}
window.clear();
}
}
return 0;
}
Hope someone will help me in solving this problem.
tasks.json:
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "g++.exe build active file",
"command": "C:/mingw32/bin/g++.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "C:/mingw32/bin"
}
},
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "cpp.exe build active file",
"command": "C:\\mingw32\\bin\\cpp.exe",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "C:\\mingw32\\bin"
}
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
c_cpp_prperties.json:
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"C:/SFML-2.5.1/include/**",
"C:/SFML-2.5.1"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.18362.0",
"compilerPath": "C:/mingw32/bin/g++.exe",
"cStandard": "c11",
"cppStandard": "c++17",
"intelliSenseMode": "${default}"
}
],
"version": 4
}

Answer 1

You will need to add the include directory to your build instructions too.
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"-I",
"C:/SFML-2.5.1/include/"
],
However, you will also need to link your executable to the SFML libraries.
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"C:/path/to/sfml/libsfml-graphic.a" // something like that
"-o",
"${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
"-I",
"C:/SFML-2.5.1/include/",
],
My recommendation would be to use a proper build system such as CMake, meson or others, which will do this kind of things automatically. Here's a CMake example:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
project(your-project CXX)
# creates your executable with two cpp file in it
add_executable(my-exe main.cpp otherfile.cpp)
# find sfml. Assume the command line argument -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/SFML-2.5.1"
find_package(SFML 2.5.1 COMPONENTS graphic REQUIRED)
# configure your project correctly. Take care of include directories and linking
target_link_libraries(my-exe PUBLIC sfml-graphic)
VSCode also has a nice plugin for these build systems.