I'm trying to use OpenCV via NuGet packages with Visual Studio 2015 and I can't seem to get everything configured. I'm not sure if I'm making a mistake somewhere or what I'm trying is not supported.
A little background, I made this tutorial a while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SM5OD2pZKY
https://github.com/MicrocontrollersAndMore/OpenCV_3_Windows_10_Installation_Tutorial
And I'd like to update this to use NuGets if possible. I use NuGets on the job every day so I'm familiar with the concept, but I've only previously used NuGets with .Net (Visual Basic or C#) applications.
I'm trying to make this work with plane jane C++ OpenCV, not within a .NET or UWP app.
For the record, in a separate .Net test project, I tried the EmguCV NuGet package:
With Visual Studio 2015 and everything worked as expected (for those not familiar, Emgu CV is probably the oldest/best known/most stable .Net wrapper for OpenCV)
Here are the steps I tried to get regular C++ OpenCV to work within Visual Studio 2015 using NuGets:
Start Visual Studio 2015, make an Empty Project:
Bring up the NuGet package manager:
I choose OpenCV.Win.ImgProc as that seemed to be the only OpenCV 3.x NuGet available, this also auto imported Core as expected:
Then I added a .cpp file and copied/pasted in known-good OpenCV code, the OpenCV libraries are not recognized:
I tried Build -> Clean, Build -> Build, same concern. I also tried "Solution Configurations" and "Solution Platforms" set to Debug / Release / x86 / x64, same concern.
Am I missing a step here? Do NuGets only work within a managed environment such as .Net or UWP, or can they work with regular C++ as well? I did notice the mention in the Description about UWP:
But I'm not using VideoIO, so I'm not sure that should matter.
Has anybody had any success with this? I can always go back to the "old school" way of directly referencing libraries in Project -> (project name) Properties as shown in my tutorial linked to above, but I'd like to use NuGets if possible.
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I had to place my response to Leo-MSFT here to allow for enough characters and screenshots. Thanks for the suggestion Leo-MSFT, but two problems with that. For one, that package is OpenCV 2.4.10, very outdated by now:
2nd, if I use that package the red underlines are gone, but I get the following linker errors when I try to build and run:
1>------ Build started: Project: Test2, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1> test.cpp
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::fastFree(void *)" (?fastFree#cv##YAXPEAX#Z) referenced in function "public: __cdecl cv::Mat::~Mat(void)" (??1Mat#cv##QEAA#XZ)
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __cdecl cv::_InputArray::_InputArray(class cv::Mat const &)" (??0_InputArray#cv##QEAA#AEBVMat#1##Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __cdecl cv::_OutputArray::_OutputArray(class cv::Mat &)" (??0_OutputArray#cv##QEAA#AEAVMat#1##Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl cv::Mat::deallocate(void)" (?deallocate#Mat#cv##QEAAXXZ) referenced in function "public: void __cdecl cv::Mat::release(void)" (?release#Mat#cv##QEAAXXZ)
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl cv::Mat::copySize(class cv::Mat const &)" (?copySize#Mat#cv##QEAAXAEBV12##Z) referenced in function "public: class cv::Mat & __cdecl cv::Mat::operator=(class cv::Mat const &)" (??4Mat#cv##QEAAAEAV01#AEBV01##Z)
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl cv::_interlockedExchangeAdd(int *,int)" (?_interlockedExchangeAdd#cv##YAHPEAHH#Z) referenced in function "public: class cv::Mat & __cdecl cv::Mat::operator=(class cv::Mat const &)" (??4Mat#cv##QEAAAEAV01#AEBV01##Z)
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::namedWindow(class std::basic_string,class std::allocator > const &,int)" (?namedWindow#cv##YAXAEBV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std##H#Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl cv::waitKey(int)" (?waitKey#cv##YAHH#Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::imshow(class std::basic_string,class std::allocator > const &,class cv::_InputArray const &)" (?imshow#cv##YAXAEBV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std##AEBV_InputArray#1##Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class cv::Mat __cdecl cv::imread(class std::basic_string,class std::allocator > const &,int)" (?imread#cv##YA?AVMat#1#AEBV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std##H#Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::GaussianBlur(class cv::_InputArray const &,class cv::OutputArray const &,class cv::Size,double,double,int)" (?GaussianBlur#cv##YAXAEBV_InputArray#1#AEBV_OutputArray#1#V?$Size_#H#1#NNH#Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::Canny(class cv::_InputArray const &,class cv::_OutputArray const &,double,double,int,bool)" (?Canny#cv##YAXAEBV_InputArray#1#AEBV_OutputArray#1#NNH_N#Z) referenced in function main
1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::cvtColor(class cv::_InputArray const &,class cv::_OutputArray const &,int,int)" (?cvtColor#cv##YAXAEBV_InputArray#1#AEBV_OutputArray#1#HH#Z) referenced in function main
1>C:\Users\cdahms\Documents\Test2\x64\Debug\Test2.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 13 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
After trying various options, I've settled on this package:
Which seems to work, although it's not very confidence inspiring that it is clearly labeled "not an official package" and also that it's slightly out of date (not many changes from OpenCV 3.1.0 to 3.2.0 however). I suppose I'll use this until a proper updated package is released.
The OpenCV libraries package is OpenCV3.1 rather than OpenCV.Win.ImgProc for your test OpenCV code.
Below is my test result, so you just need to install the OpenCV3.1 NuGet package instead of OpenCV.Win.ImgProc for that OpenCV code.
Note that: OpenCV3.1 is not an official package.
I am a newbie in C++ and getting the below error while compiling an old C++ application. On reading various posts here, my understanding is that the function call might be missing some parameters. Now, the function is a part of static library. How do I identify the missing parameters? Or is (enough) required information there in the error message below?
rfcclass.lib(crfcglob.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
"class std::basic_ostream > & __cdecl std::operator<<(class
std::basic_ostream > &,char const *)"
(??6std##YAAAV?$basic_ostream#DU?$char_traits#D#std###0#AAV10#PBD#Z)
referenced in function "public: __thiscall
CRfcTrace::~CRfcTrace(void)" (??1CRfcTrace##QAE#XZ)
Thanks.
all
I am very new to C++.
But I have used C# as my primary develop language.
Now I have an application written in MFC.
When I first built it, it gives me those error.
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: long __thiscall CWnd::SendMessageW(unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?SendMessageW#CWnd##QAEJIIJ#Z) DbeCok.lib
Could someone give me a clue to fix this?
EDIT
The original message is below
Error 5 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int __stdcall AfxDeactivateActCtx(unsigned long,unsigned long)" (?AfxDeactivateActCtx##YGHKK#Z) C:\WebDev\SPC\DbeCok.lib(GridCellBase.obj)
Yesterday I got this linker error. I have searched on google and msdn without success.
My problem:
I have moved some parts of my cpp project in a extern static library. I added the h file to my main project and added the dependencies to the lib files. Unfortunately I get a lot linker errors.
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall NWindows::NFile::NFind::CFileInfo::Find(unsigned short const *)" (?Find#CFileInfo#NFind#NFile#NWindows##QAE_NPBG#Z)
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class NWindows::NCOM::CPropVariant & __thiscall NWindows::NCOM::CPropVariant::operator=(unsigned short const *)" (??4CPropVariant#NCOM#NWindows##QAEAAV012#PBG#Z)
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall CInFileStream::Open(unsigned short const *)" (?Open#CInFileStream##QAE_NPBG#Z)
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall NWindows::NFile::NIO::COutFile::Create(unsigned short const *,bool)" (?Create#COutFile#NIO#NFile#NWindows##QAE_NPBG_N#Z)
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl ConvertUInt32ToString(unsigned int,unsigned short *)" (?ConvertUInt32ToString##YAXIPAG#Z)
1>Compressor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall NWindows::NDLL::CLibrary::Load(unsigned short const *)" (?Load#CLibrary#NDLL#NWindows##QAE_NPBG#Z)
All this methods a part of my extern lib. I have tries a lot of compiler settings without success.
Further more when I remove the lib dependencie completely from the linker I get 26 LNK2001 error. So the linker finds only "parts" of the lib.
Do I use a wrong compiler / linker option for my projects?
edit:
The problem was the parameter define LPCTSTR of the method CLibrary::Load(LPCTSTR fileName). In my lib I set the option "Treat wchar_t as build-in type (Properties->C/C++->Lanuage-> ... ) to No. And now it works.
There's not enough information in the question so my answer merely serves as a guide.
Take one function, for instance bool NWindows::NFile::NFind::CFileInfo::Find(unsigned short const *) and find definition of it in your code. Is it there? With this exact function signature? Is it in unnamed namespace? Is it declared static in source file?
Also, try full rebuild of everything. You'd be surprised how many times full rebuild makes mysterious problems go away.
I download Neoncube downloader and tried to compile. After I resolved some linking issues, there's still three that I can't solve.
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol _UnEmbedBrowserObject
referenced in function "long stdcall
NoticeWindowProcedure(struct HWND
*,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?NoticeWindowProcedure##YGJPAUHWND__##IIJ#Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol _EmbedBrowserObject
referenced in function "long stdcall
NoticeWindowProcedure(struct HWND
*,unsigned int,unsigned int,long)" (?NoticeWindowProcedure##YGJPAUHWND__##IIJ#Z)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved
external symbol _DisplayHTMLPage
referenced in function "void cdecl
drawNotice(struct HWND *,int)"
(?drawNotice##YAXPAUHWND__##H#Z)
These functions appear to be from some obscure COM object from Microsoft. Yet I can't found any documentation on it. (UnEmbedBrowserObject, EmbedBrowserObject, DisplayHTMLPage)
Can someone help me?
Thanks
These are not names in any of the Microsoft SDK libraries. The appear to come from this code project. It could also be this one. You'll have to build it to create the DLL and add the .lib it produces to your project's linker input.