I created a C++ solution full of WIN32 console application projects in the following form:
Each projects contains .cpp and .h files and in Forms there is only main.cpp which includes the include lines for all .h files.
When trying to bulid even a single project i get LNK2019 - unresolved external symbol which seems to appear for each project when i try to compile from main.
I read many questions about it and i tried to deal with additional dependencies or Build order but nothing seems to make any difference.
I'm attaching the errors here for a single project (Button) - I guess that once i figure the issue with one project the rest will be same.
Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Graphics::clearScreen(void)" (?clearScreen#Graphics##QAEXXZ) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall Button::keyDown(int,char)" (?keyDown#Button##UAEXHD#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Graphics::setBackground(enum Color)" (?setBackground#Graphics##QAEXW4Color###Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall Button::draw(class Graphics,int,int,unsigned int)" (?draw#Button##UAEXVGraphics##HHI#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 3 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Graphics::setForeground(enum Color)" (?setForeground#Graphics##QAEXW4Color###Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall Button::draw(class Graphics,int,int,unsigned int)" (?draw#Button##UAEXVGraphics##HHI#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 4 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Graphics::write(int,int,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)" (?write#Graphics##QAEXHHV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std###Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall Button::draw(class Graphics,int,int,unsigned int)" (?draw#Button##UAEXVGraphics##HHI#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 5 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall Control::Control(void)" (??0Control##QAE#XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall Button::Button(int)" (??0Button##QAE#H#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 6 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall Control::~Control(void)" (??1Control##QAE#XZ) referenced in function __unwindfunclet$??0Button##QAE#H#Z$0 D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 7 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Control::getAllControls(class std::vector<class Control *,class std::allocator<class Control *> > *)" (?getAllControls#Control##UAEXPAV?$vector#PAVControl##V?$allocator#PAVControl###std###std###Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 8 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Control::setWidth(int)" (?setWidth#Control##UAEXH#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 9 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Control::setValue(int)" (?setValue#Control##UAEXH#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 10 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Control::SetForeground(enum Color)" (?SetForeground#Control##UAEXW4Color###Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 11 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Control::SetBackground(enum Color)" (?SetBackground#Control##UAEXW4Color###Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 12 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall Control::drawBackground(void)" (?drawBackground#Control##QAEXXZ) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall Button::draw(class Graphics,int,int,unsigned int)" (?draw#Button##UAEXVGraphics##HHI#Z) D:\Forms\Button\Button.obj Button
Error 13 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup D:\Forms\Button\MSVCRTD.lib(crtexe.obj) Button
Error 14 error LNK1120: 13 unresolved externals D:\Forms\Debug\Button.exe Button
The .h files paths are correct and i can see all options in the intellisense.
I would appriciate any idea which might help me resolve this issue.
Thanks
So if I understood correctly you have only one project with a main?
If that's right then try to build all your other projects as static libraries (.lib)(or shared libraies (.dll)) and reference them into your main project (Forms) it should be working.
Right now you are trying to build an executable (.exe) from 12other .exe. It can't work.
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I'm trying to build a solution in Visual Studio 2017. And I get these errors:
1>------ Build started: Project: UA_Parser, Configuration: Release x64 ------
1>UaParserTest.cpp
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class YAML::Node __cdecl YAML::LoadFile(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (?LoadFile#YAML##YA?AVNode#1#AEBV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std###Z)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __cdecl YAML::InvalidNode::~InvalidNode(void)" (??1InvalidNode#YAML##UEAA#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __cdecl YAML::Exception::~Exception(void)" (??1Exception#YAML##UEAA#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __cdecl YAML::RepresentationException::~RepresentationException(void)" (??1RepresentationException#YAML##UEAA#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __cdecl YAML::BadConversion::~BadConversion(void)" (??1BadConversion#YAML##UEAA#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __cdecl YAML::BadSubscript::~BadSubscript(void)" (??1BadSubscript#YAML##UEAA#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class YAML::detail::node & __cdecl YAML::detail::memory::create_node(void)" (?create_node#memory#detail#YAML##QEAAAEAVnode#23#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: void __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::convert_to_map(class std::shared_ptr<class YAML::detail::memory_holder>)" (?convert_to_map#node_data#detail#YAML##AEAAXV?$shared_ptr#Vmemory_holder#detail#YAML###std###Z)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: void __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::insert_map_pair(class YAML::detail::node &,class YAML::detail::node &)" (?insert_map_pair#node_data#detail#YAML##AEAAXAEAVnode#23#0#Z)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class YAML::detail::node_iterator_base<class YAML::detail::node> __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::end(void)" (?end#node_data#detail#YAML##QEAA?AV?$node_iterator_base#Vnode#detail#YAML###23#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class YAML::detail::node_iterator_base<class YAML::detail::node> __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::begin(void)" (?begin#node_data#detail#YAML##QEAA?AV?$node_iterator_base#Vnode#detail#YAML###23#XZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::set_scalar(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (?set_scalar#node_data#detail#YAML##QEAAXAEBV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std###Z)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::set_null(void)" (?set_null#node_data#detail#YAML##QEAAXXZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl YAML::detail::node_data::mark_defined(void)" (?mark_defined#node_data#detail#YAML##QEAAXXZ)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > YAML::detail::node_data::empty_scalar" (?empty_scalar#node_data#detail#YAML##2V?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##std##A)
1>UaParser.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __cdecl YAML::detail::memory_holder::merge(class YAML::detail::memory_holder &)" (?merge#memory_holder#detail#YAML##QEAAXAEAV123##Z)
1>C:\bmetric\C++ Projects\UA_Parser\x64\Release\UA_Parser.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 16 unresolved externals
1>Done building project "UA_Parser.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
I have a feeling they can be solved by linking, but I am not sure what to link (the precise folder).
So far, I have built the yaml-cpp as described on github. Also, I have added the ..\yaml-cpp\include folder in the Additional Include Directories from Configuration Properties >> C/C++ >> General and tried to include in the Additional Library Directories (Linker) various folders, unsuccessfully.
Never used YAML before. And I don't link stuff often.
I was getting the unresolved external symbols errors because I was including #include <yaml-cpp/node/node.h>, which is what Resharper recommended me(and it's is correct 99.9% of the time). In this case it's a wrong header and what I should have been including is: #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>.
I fixed my includes in my files and it built successfully.
I have a project that used to compile just fine, using the freetype library.
Since then my OS has been reinstalled and therefore so has Visual Studio 2010.
I have re-included and reinstalled all of the .lib .dll and header files. For some reason now if I run the program with the release configuration it runs just fine. But if I switch over to the debug config, it gives me unresolved external symbol errors from the linker, on the freetype library functions.
Now I'm sure my C++ directories for both configurations are identical as I re-set them using the all-configurations tab in the solution settings. As well as this, so are both configurations "additional directories/additional dependancies settings", set identically in the same way.
The only difference I could find between the release and debug folders in the project folder, is the presence of a file in the debug folder called "vc100.idb", which is a minimum rebuild dependancy file. This looked promising, but removing it yielded no results, so I put it back.
Do you have any ideas of what could be causing this difference between the configurations compiling?
Worst come to worst, I can continue programming on the release config, but I'd rather not continue down this road as I'd really like to know the root of this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Guy
The errors:
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap referenced in function "void __cdecl freetype::make_dlist(struct FT_FaceRec_ *,char,unsigned int,unsigned int *)" (?make_dlist#freetype##YAXPAUFT_FaceRec_##DIPAI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Get_Glyph referenced in function "void __cdecl freetype::make_dlist(struct FT_FaceRec_ *,char,unsigned int,unsigned int *)" (?make_dlist#freetype##YAXPAUFT_FaceRec_##DIPAI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Load_Glyph referenced in function "void __cdecl freetype::make_dlist(struct FT_FaceRec_ *,char,unsigned int,unsigned int *)" (?make_dlist#freetype##YAXPAUFT_FaceRec_##DIPAI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Get_Char_Index referenced in function "void __cdecl freetype::make_dlist(struct FT_FaceRec_ *,char,unsigned int,unsigned int *)" (?make_dlist#freetype##YAXPAUFT_FaceRec_##DIPAI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Done_FreeType referenced in function "public: void __thiscall freetype::font_data::init(char const *,unsigned int)" (?init#font_data#freetype##QAEXPBDI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Done_Face referenced in function "public: void __thiscall freetype::font_data::init(char const *,unsigned int)" (?init#font_data#freetype##QAEXPBDI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Set_Char_Size referenced in function "public: void __thiscall freetype::font_data::init(char const *,unsigned int)" (?init#font_data#freetype##QAEXPBDI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_New_Face referenced in function "public: void __thiscall freetype::font_data::init(char const *,unsigned int)" (?init#font_data#freetype##QAEXPBDI#Z)
1>freetype.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _FT_Init_FreeType referenced in function "public: void __thiscall freetype::font_data::init(char const *,unsigned int)" (?init#font_data#freetype##QAEXPBDI#Z)
Edit: OK well this is strange. I've removed ALL of the freetype directory information rom the include and library directory setting in the release config, as well as the additional dependancies. And the released config version still works!
This is leading me to believe there is something missing (vs config-wise) from moving my files over.
I had the same problem.
I solved it by compiling the freetype( freetype-2.5.2\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.sln ) solution for the x64 platform (or win32 if you use it).
You will get the .libs for this platform.
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I tried to see what is the problem(s) related to those error messages. I tried to check everything but still, I'm not finding the source of the error.
According to you, the obj error followed by error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol imp__is_CaptureVideo referenced in function, what is its provenance?
I'm using Visual Express C++ 2010.
Thank you.
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_CaptureVideo referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnButtonStart(void)" (?OnButtonStart#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_StopLiveVideo referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnButtonStop(void)" (?OnButtonStop#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_SetImageMem referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_AllocImageMem referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_SetColorMode referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_AOI referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_FreeImageMem referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_ParameterSet referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter(void)" (?OnBnClickedButtonLoadParameter#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_EnableMessage referenced in function "private: bool __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OpenCamera(void)" (?OpenCamera#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAE_NXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_GetSensorInfo referenced in function "private: bool __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OpenCamera(void)" (?OpenCamera#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAE_NXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_RenderBitmap referenced in function "private: long __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::OnUEyeMessage(unsigned int,long)" (?OnUEyeMessage#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEJIJ#Z)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_ExitCamera referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::ExitCamera(void)" (?ExitCamera#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_GetColorDepth referenced in function "private: int __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::InitDisplayMode(void)" (?InitDisplayMode#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEHXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_SetDisplayMode referenced in function "private: int __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::InitDisplayMode(void)" (?InitDisplayMode#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEHXZ)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_GetDuration referenced in function "private: int __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::InitCamera(unsigned long *,struct HWND__ *)" (?InitCamera#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEHPAKPAUHWND__###Z)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_InitCamera referenced in function "private: int __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::InitCamera(unsigned long *,struct HWND__ *)" (?InitCamera#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEHPAKPAUHWND__###Z)
1>IdsSimpleLiveDlg.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__is_ImageFormat referenced in function "private: void __thiscall CIdsSimpleLiveDlg::GetMaxImageSize(int *,int *)" (?GetMaxImageSize#CIdsSimpleLiveDlg##AAEXPAH0#Z)
1>nafxcwd.lib(appcore.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___argv
1>nafxcwd.lib(appcore.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___argc
1>C:\Program Files\IDS\uEye\Develop\Source\SimpleLive\Debug\po.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 19 unresolved externals
I have added the correspondent library by clicking on the properties
of my project and then, adding the directory to the Library Directories
It seems like you've added the 'Additional Library Directory' to your VS Project - but didn't link the actual library file (windows extension: .lib). I think what you did is
Project Properties -> Configuration Properties-> Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories
and added the directoy where your 3rd party '.lib' is inside. But in fact this doesn't link against that '.lib' file by itself (it just added the directory where VS is searching for the linked .lib files).
Try the following:
Right click on your project -> Project Properties -> Configuration Properties-> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies
There is a list like:
'kernel32.lib;user32.lib;...;%(AdditionalDependencies)'
And somewehere inside there should the name of your '.lib file' appear. If it doesn't, you've to add it there. I.e. if the lib of your 3rd party library is named 'myLib.lib' you would insert there instead
'kernel32.lib;user32.lib;...;myLib.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)'
I am working on a DirectX 11 project for school and I followed the book thoroughly when doing this. I keep thinking that maybe something is labeled wrong but I double checked all my files, all my class names are fine (I believe they are fine) and double checked how all my header files are setup and everything should be okay and I still get this error output:
1>BlankDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall DemoBase::DemoBase(void)" (??0DemoBase##QAE#XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall BlankDemo::BlankDemo(void)" (??0BlankDemo##QAE#XZ)
1>BlankDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall DemoBase::~DemoBase(void)" (??1DemoBase##UAE#XZ) referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall BlankDemo::~BlankDemo(void)" (??1BlankDemo##UAE#XZ)
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall DemoBase::Shutdown(void)" (?Shutdown#DemoBase##QAEXXZ) referenced in function _wWinMain#16
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall DemoBase::Initialize(struct HINSTANCE__ *,struct HWND__ *)" (?Initialize#DemoBase##QAE_NPAUHINSTANCE__##PAUHWND__###Z) referenced in function _wWinMain#16
1>C:\Users\vaughn\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\BlankWindow\Debug\BlankWindow.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
How do I solve this?
Evidently, you either haven't implemented a handful of methods from the DemoBase class (including its constructor and destructor), or you haven't included the implementation file in the list of files to compile or link with your program. Implement them, and then make sure you've included the source file in your project.
I am coming from Xcode, trying to compile a project in Visual Studio 2010, and I get the following errors:
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "struct _GUID __cdecl CLEyeGetCameraUUID(int)" (?CLEyeGetCameraUUID##YA?AU_GUID##H#Z) referenced in function "public: static int __cdecl ofxCLeye::listDevices(void)" (?listDevices#ofxCLeye##SAHXZ)
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl CLEyeGetCameraCount(void)" (?CLEyeGetCameraCount##YAHXZ) referenced in function "public: static int __cdecl ofxCLeye::listDevices(void)" (?listDevices#ofxCLeye##SAHXZ)
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl CLEyeCameraGetFrameDimensions(void *,int &,int &)" (?CLEyeCameraGetFrameDimensions##YA_NPAXAAH1#Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall ofxCLeye::grabFrame(void)" (?grabFrame#ofxCLeye##QAEXXZ)
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl CLEyeCameraGetFrame(void *,unsigned char *,int)" (?CLEyeCameraGetFrame##YA_NPAXPAEH#Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall ofxCLeye::grabFrame(void)" (?grabFrame#ofxCLeye##QAEXXZ)
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl CLEyeDestroyCamera(void *)" (?CLEyeDestroyCamera##YA_NPAX#Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall ofxCLeye::close(void)" (?close#ofxCLeye##UAEXXZ)
2>ofxCLeye.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl CLEyeCameraStop(void *)" (?CLEyeCameraStop##YA_NPAX#Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall ofxCLeye::close(void)" (?close#ofxCLeye##UAEXXZ)
... etc etc...
2>bin\clEye_debug.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 10 unresolved externals
I imagine that the compiler is trying to link CLEyeMulticam.lib but not finding it. I think that I have configured it properly.
Could you point me with the needed steps to include a library in VS2010 ?
Thank you,
marc
Apologies if this is overly pedantic. If this is a pre-built library (not built as part of the project/solution) then make sure you
a) #include the correct header
b) #define any requisite macros
c) speciy additional .lib dependencies as shown below.
You will need to specify a fully qualifed path (d:\src\project\libs\camera.lib) unless the libary file is in the LIB environment variable.
In the Property Pages for your project, navigate to Configuration > Linker > Input and add the lib file to the Additional Dependencies setting. This applies to VC++ 2008, probably likewise to 2010.