Perforce C++ p4api - build fails in Visual Studio - c++

Question

I am trying to build a C++ application which connects to Perforce Server but build fails because it cannot find the p4api libraries.
I am new to C++, Visual Studio and p4api so I probably did something wrong.
I am using Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2013 Professional.
Details:
I downloaded p4api.zip from ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r15.2/bin.mingw64x64/
Notice that the libraries found in p4api.zip are of type .a where as in the Chapter 2 of user guide says that for Windows it should be .lib
Visual Studio Configuration:
From Visual Studio, Project properties -> Configuration Properties:
Linker -> General -> Additional Libraries Directories => I specified the directory containing the p4api .a files eg C:\Users\myuser\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\ProjectName\ProjectName\lib\p4api
Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies => I specified the name of each .a file in the order described on user guide. I also added extra libs as described in this blog eg libclient.a;librpc.a;libsupp.a;libp4sslstub.a;wsock32.lib;libcmt.lib;oldnames.lib;kernel32.lib;ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib
Linker -> Command Line -> Additional Options => As in user guide eg /DOS_NT /MT /DCASE_INSENSITIVE
C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories => I specified the location of perforce header files eg C:\Users\myuser\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\ ProjectName\ProjectName\include\p4
Code
Main.h
#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include <clientapi.h>
class Main : public ClientUser
{
public:
Main();
~Main();
};
Main.cpp
#include "Main.h"
Main::Main()
{
}
Main::~Main()
{
}
int main() {
std::cout << "Hello World\n";
ClientApi client;
Error e;
client.Init(&e);
Main ui;
client.Run("info", &ui);
client.Final(&e);
}
Build Errors:
1>------ Build started: Project: PEConnect, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>cl : Command line warning D9025: overriding '/MDd' with '/MT'
1> Main.cpp
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall Error::~Error(void)" (??1Error##QAE#XZ) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall ClientUser::~ClientUser(void)" (??1ClientUser##UAE#XZ) referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall Main::~Main(void)" (??1Main##UAE#XZ)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::InputData(class StrBuf *,class Error *)" (?InputData#ClientUser##UAEXPAVStrBuf##PAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::HandleError(class Error *)" (?HandleError#ClientUser##UAEXPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Message(class Error *)" (?Message#ClientUser##UAEXPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::OutputError(char const *)" (?OutputError#ClientUser##UAEXPBD#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::OutputInfo(char,char const *)" (?OutputInfo#ClientUser##UAEXDPBD#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::OutputBinary(char const *,int)" (?OutputBinary#ClientUser##UAEXPBDH#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::OutputText(char const *,int)" (?OutputText#ClientUser##UAEXPBDH#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::OutputStat(class StrDict *)" (?OutputStat#ClientUser##UAEXPAVStrDict###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Prompt(class StrPtr const &,class StrBuf &,int,class Error *)" (?Prompt#ClientUser##UAEXABVStrPtr##AAVStrBuf##HPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Prompt(class StrPtr const &,class StrBuf &,int,int,class Error *)" (?Prompt#ClientUser##UAEXABVStrPtr##AAVStrBuf##HHPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::ErrorPause(char *,class Error *)" (?ErrorPause#ClientUser##UAEXPADPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Edit(class FileSys *,class Error *)" (?Edit#ClientUser##UAEXPAVFileSys##PAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Diff(class FileSys *,class FileSys *,int,char *,class Error *)" (?Diff#ClientUser##UAEXPAVFileSys##0HPADPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Diff(class FileSys *,class FileSys *,class FileSys *,int,char *,class Error *)" (?Diff#ClientUser##UAEXPAVFileSys##00HPADPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Merge(class FileSys *,class FileSys *,class FileSys *,class FileSys *,class Error *)" (?Merge#ClientUser##UAEXPAVFileSys##000PAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __thiscall ClientUser::Resolve(class ClientMerge *,class Error *)" (?Resolve#ClientUser##UAEHPAVClientMerge##PAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __thiscall ClientUser::Resolve(class ClientResolveA *,int,class Error *)" (?Resolve#ClientUser##UAEHPAVClientResolveA##HPAVError###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::Help(char const * const *)" (?Help#ClientUser##UAEXPBQBD#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual class FileSys * __thiscall ClientUser::File(enum FileSysType)" (?File#ClientUser##UAEPAVFileSys##W4FileSysType###Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual class ClientProgress * __thiscall ClientUser::CreateProgress(int)" (?CreateProgress#ClientUser##UAEPAVClientProgress##H#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual int __thiscall ClientUser::ProgressIndicator(void)" (?ProgressIndicator#ClientUser##UAEHXZ)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::SetOutputCharset(int)" (?SetOutputCharset#ClientUser##UAEXH#Z)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::DisableTmpCleanup(void)" (?DisableTmpCleanup#ClientUser##UAEXXZ)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall ClientUser::SetQuiet(void)" (?SetQuiet#ClientUser##UAEXXZ)
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall ClientApi::ClientApi(void)" (??0ClientApi##QAE#XZ) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall ClientApi::~ClientApi(void)" (??1ClientApi##UAE#XZ) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall ClientApi::Init(class Error *)" (?Init#ClientApi##QAEXPAVError###Z) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall ClientApi::Run(char const *,class ClientUser *)" (?Run#ClientApi##QAEXPBDPAVClientUser###Z) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: int __thiscall ClientApi::Final(class Error *)" (?Final#ClientApi##QAEHPAVError###Z) referenced in function _main
1>Main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "private: static char * StrBuf::nullStrBuf" (?nullStrBuf#StrBuf##0PADA)
1>c:\users\myuser\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\ProjectName\Debug\PEConnect.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 32 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
Additional concerns:
1) Did I download the correct p4api? I cannot find a folder specifically for Windows. The only folder which looks more relevant to Windows is bin.mingw
2) Why the library files are of type .a not .lib?
3) Did I set the dependencies correctly on Visual Studio? If yes, why build fails?
Please let me know if you need more details.
Thanks in advance.