Setting up ZeroMQ in a Visual Studio '13 Project - c++

Question

I'm trying to get ZeroMQ to work with my C++ project. I want to do the ZeroMQ Hello World tutorial, shown below:
// Hello World server
#include <zmq.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
int main (void)
{
// Socket to talk to clients
void *context = zmq_ctx_new ();
void *responder = zmq_socket (context, ZMQ_REP);
int rc = zmq_bind (responder, "tcp://*:5555");
assert (rc == 0);
while (1) {
char buffer [10];
zmq_recv (responder, buffer, 10, 0);
printf ("Received Hello\n");
sleep (1); // Do some 'work'
zmq_send (responder, "World", 5, 0);
}
return 0;
}
However, whenever I try to compile and run it, Visual Studio says it can't find zmq.h or any of the ZeroMQ methods I am using. I already installed ZeroMQ from http://zeromq.org/distro:microsoft-windows, what else do I have to do to get it to work?

Answer 1

Including the headers:
Right click Project -> Properties -> C/C++ -> General
Edit 'Additional Include Directories'
Add C:\Program Files\ZeroMQ 4.0.4\include
Right click 'Header Files' -> Add -> Existing Item -> C:\Program Files\ZeroMQ 4.0.4\include\zmq.h
Adding the library dir:
Right click Project -> Properties -> Linker -> General
Edit 'Additional Library Directories'
Add C:\Program Files\ZeroMQ 4.0.4\lib\
Linking to the proper library:
Right click Project -> Properties -> General
Check "Platform Toolset", notice the version number (ex: v120)
Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input
Edit 'Additional Dependencies'
Add appopriate toolset library (ex: libzmq-v120-mt-gd-4_0_4.lib) "-gd-" is the debug version
Ensure your app is 64-bit
Build -> Configuration Manager
Active solution platform -> New...
Select x64
Copy settings from Win32
Right click Project -> Properties -> Linker -> All Options
Edit "Output File" set to ".\x64\Debug\whatever.exe"
Include the pre-compiled dll as a resource for distribution
Right click Project -> Properties -> Build Events -> Post-Build Event
Edit "Command Line"
insert copy command
ex:
copy /Y "C:\Program Files\ZeroMQ 4.0.4\bin\libzmq-v120-mt-gd-4_0_4.dll" "$(OutDir)"

Answer 2

You should download and install 0MQ first.
Then you will be able to configure your Project properties to point to the right include and lib paths.