So I'm trying to set up an Allegro template by linking everything to a new VS program.
I've downloaded the .cc files from Allegro and followed the installation guide in it's Wiki for setting up with Visual Studio 2010.
The version is 5.0.10.
Upon putting the main source code in my first program and linking everything as per the wiki (bin, include, lib), the program builds fine, however, when you go to debug/run the program in VS, a window pops up with:
This program can't run because msvcr110d.dll missing from your computer.
I'm successfully tested other VS projects using other third party libraries and they still work fine.
What could be the problem?
This S/O question doesn't have an answer.
You may download and install the MSVC redistributable: http://www.microsoft.com/es-es/download/details.aspx?id=30679
Anyway, it's not normal that msvcr110d is required instead of msvcr110. That means that the library you are using has been compiled with the debug runtime of the MSVC2012. Check it and choose the right library files.
The tutorial you are following includes this text:
This tutorial may reference an older version number than what is available on that page. While following the instructions, if you copy and paste something with a version number, be sure to update it to reflect the version you downloaded.
That would indeed appear to be the case. The runtime that the program is trying to link to is the runtime for VS2012. So it seems that the files you downloaded are more recent than the tutorial. The .lib files that you are using are linked against VS2012.
Possible solutions:
Repeat the steps in the tutorial, but use VS2012 rather than VS2010.
Find the old version of the tutorial that has VS2010 .lib files.
Build the entire thing from scratch so that you are not dependent on supplied .lib files that are tied to a specific version of VS.
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I'm following the sfml getting started guide for version 2 and codeblocks and did everything the tutorial told me to do :
downloaded and unzipped the sdk
added the path to the sfml headers and libraries
linked the libraries graphics, window and system
but the sample code doesnt work. I'm getting the error message that sfml-graphics-d-2.dll is missing. Compilation works, the window opens but remains black and this error pops up.
Here's the link to the tutorial
http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.0/start-cb.php
Since Im new to c++ and codeblocks, I would be grateful for a detailed answer.
UPDATE:
I have copied the SFML dlls to the executable. Now my program just crashes. I don't know why. It's the exact same code as used in the tutorial.
UPDATE:
I have changed the linked libraries to the -s version and added the #define SFML_STATIC. The program still builds and then crashes
If you're using the latest Code::Blocks version, which includes GCC 4.7.1, then you have to recompile SFML on your own (or use my Nightly Builds), because the ones provided are only for GCC versions < 4.7.x.
It seems you aren't setting up your static libraries to be built inside the project, and instead using dynamic linking with your SFML. I had a similar problem when setting up SFML a couple months ago, recall this quote:
The settings shown here will result in your application being linked to the dynamic version of SFML, the one that needs the DLL files. If you want to get rid of these DLLs and have SFML directly integrated to your executable, you must link to the static version. Static SFML libraries have the "-s" suffix: "sfml-xxx-s-d" for Debug, and "sfml-xxx-s" for Release.
In this case, you'll also need to define the SFML_STATIC macro in the preprocessor options of your project.
make sure you include the static files in your project
sfml-graphics-s-d //for debug
sfml-window-s-d //d for debug!
sfml-system-s-d
for release, omit the d (sfml-graphics-s)
Next go to Compiler settings -> #Defines and type
SFML_STATIC
Regarding Visual Studio 2017 and SFML-2.5.1, I suggest this tutorial. Setting up SFML is similar to setting up SDL, GLFW, freeGLUT, and GLEW, with two peculiarities: .lib files are 29, and .dll are 11. Briefly I suggest:
1. Upload SFML and select first "Download". Copy downloaded folder and paste in a folder you created in C:.
2. Create Empty Project.
3. Configure "Additional Include Directories" with C:...\SFML-2.5.1\include.
4. Configure "Additional Library Directories" with C:...\SFML-2.5.1\lib.
5. In "Additional Dependencies" window copy and paste: flac.lib; freetype.lib; ogg.lib; openal32.lib; sfml-audio.lib; sfml-audio-d.lib; sfml-audio-s.lib; sfml-audio-s-d.lib; sfml-graphics.lib; sfml-graphics-d.lib; sfml-graphics-s.lib; sfml-graphics-s-d.lib; sfml-main.lib; sfml-main-d.lib; sfml-network.lib; sfml-network-d.lib; sfml-network-s.lib; sfml-network-s-d.lib; sfml-system.lib; sfml-system-d.lib; sfml-system-s.lib; sfml-system-s-d.lib; sfml-window.lib; sfml-window-d.lib; sfml-window-s.lib; sfml-window-s-d.lib; vorbis.lib; vorbisenc.lib; vorbisfile.lib
6. Navigate to C: > ... > SFML2.5.1 > bin. Copy all 11 dll files and paste in project-folder.
Good job. Regards.
I've made an application using both the OpenCV and WxWidgets library. The code runs fine on my development machine.
However, when I transfer it to another windows machine I get the error
*"The program can't start because cv110.dll is missing from your computer.
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem".*
Now, I'm guessing installing the same versions of OpenCV and WxWidgets as used in development would resolve this problem but this is a bit much to ask of a casual 3rd party user of my code.
In my IDE (Windows Visual C++ 2008) I've linked to the relevant .lib files by going to Properties->Linker->Input
How would I go about packaging the .exe so that it works on non-development machines?
i.e. if I include the .dll files, how would I need to change the linker configuration to reflect this ? Or, can the .dll files referenced by the .lib files be incorporated into the .exe ?
Sorry, I know this issue has come up before but I can't seem to find a resolution specific to my case. Any help would be appreciated!
OpenCV is built using dynamic libraries
The correct thing to do is create an installer containing your exe and the correct dlls you need. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1285591/installer-recommendation
I downloaded http://www.cryptopp.com/#download 5.6.1 and have no clue that to do at this point. I am a total noob and need good instructions. thanks.
Directly from the readme (Which can be found here Crypto++ Svn Trunk):
* MSVC-Specific Information *
On Windows, Crypto++ can be compiled into 3 forms: a static library including all algorithms, a DLL with only FIPS Approved algorithms, and a static library with only algorithms not in the DLL. (FIPS Approved means Approved according to the FIPS 140-2 standard.) The DLL may be used by itself, or it may be used together with the second form of the static library. MSVC project files are included to build all three forms, and sample applications using each of the three forms are also included.
To compile Crypto++ with MSVC, open the "cryptest.dsw" (for MSVC 6 and MSVC .NET 2003) or "cryptest.sln" (for MSVC 2005 - 2010) workspace file and build one or more of the following projects:
cryptopp - This builds the DLL. Please note that if you wish to use Crypto++ as a FIPS validated module, you must use a pre-built DLL that has undergone the FIPS validation process instead of building your own.
dlltest - This builds a sample application that only uses the DLL.
cryptest Non-DLL-Import Configuration - This builds the full static library along with a full test driver.
cryptest DLL-Import Configuration - This builds a static library containing only algorithms not in the DLL, along with a full test driver that uses both the DLL and the static library.
To use the Crypto++ DLL in your application, #include "dll.h" before including any other Crypto++ header files, and place the DLL in the same directory as your .exe file. dll.h includes the line #pragma comment(lib, "cryptopp") so you don't have to explicitly list the import library in your project settings.
To use a static library form of Crypto++, make the "cryptlib" project a dependency of your application project, or specify it as an additional library to link with in your project settings. In either case you should check the compiler options to make sure that the library and your application are using the same C++
run-time libraries and calling conventions.
If you have any questions feel free to ask and i'll update the anwser with my responses.
I downloaded http://www.cryptopp.com/#download 5.6.1 and have no clue what to do at this point...
This is a very late answer, but the project has released some new files to help folks use Visual Studio 2010 and above.
The project had to release the updated files because VCUpgrade (provided with Visual Studio 2010) does a fairly poor job with this particular project. It has been a source of problems for a few years, and even visually impaired users were commenting about it. The problems were not fixed in VS2012, VS2013 and VS2015, so we don't believe Microsoft has any intentions of fixing the problems.
To use the updated files, download the latest Crypto++ release from the website. Then, visit the Crypto++ wiki and fetch vs2010.zip from the page Visual Studio. Unzip vs2010.zip over the Crypto++ files. Finally double-click the file called cryptest.sln to have Visual Studio open the solution file.
The Crypto++ wiki page also offers project files that provide dynamic runtime linking for both VS2005 and VS2010.
If you convert cryptest.sln from VS2005 to VS2010, you will meet a problem. When you compile source code, the compiler will show an error:
c1xx : fatal error C1027: Inconsistent values for /Ym between creation and use of precompiled header
You can resolve this problem by:
Going to Project Properties --> Configuration Properties --> C/C++ --> Precompiled Headers
Changing it to "Not Using Precompiled Headers"
You'll need to compile the library before using it with anything. You can't just install it. Here is a page from their wiki about compiling the library: http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Compiling
I'm fairly new to C++ and an trying to figure out to use the TagLib library for a project I am working on. I'm working with unmanaged C++ in Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 64bit. I've never used an external library before so I'm very confused on how to go about this.
From this blog entry I got the libtaglib.a and taglib.dll files. I ran across this SO question on how to use TagLib, but it deals with QT Creator, not Visual Studio and I'm not knowledgeable enough about the subject to understand what is being said to translate it into what needs done for Visual Studio.
So, some questions:
Is it even possible to do this with unmanaged code?
What exactly is the function of a .a file?
Most importantly, how do I go about using the taglib.dll in my program??
I've been all over Google looking for a way to do this, but my major problem is that everything I run across is over my head. Please let me know if more info is required. Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks!
I seem to have gotten it working successfully. Here's a rough outline of what I did:
1.) I used CMake to generate the Visual Studio solution.
2.) I attempted to build the tag project in the VS solution, but it failed.
3.) I made the corrections to a few source files as outlined here: http://old.nabble.com/taglib-fails-to-compile-with-MS-VC%2B%2B-2010-td29185593.html
4.) I built the tag project again in release mode. This time it was successful.
5.) I copied the resulting dll, def, and lib files to the same directory as the source files for my project.
6.) I copied the header files from the taglib source to a subdirectory in my project (not sure if this entirely good practice)
7.) In my project settings, I set the subdirectory with the header files as an additional include directory.
8.) I added the dll, exp, and lib files to my project by just going to Add>Existing Item.
9.) I added some code from the taglib examples and built it. Everything worked so I think I got it.
One caveat I ran into, since the DLL was built in release mode, my project had to be run in release mode or it would crash. I'm guessing that if I replaced the DLL with one built in debug mode I could run my program in debug mode, but I have not tried this.
You cannot use libraries specific to GCC (you can tell because they have .a extensions) with Visual Studio. You will have to build the library from source in order to use it with MSVC. Once you have done that it's a simple matter of adding the .lib generated from the build process to your project and things should work out of the box. (Note that it's a .lib you need whether you're compiling for dynamic linking or not -- doesn't matter in msvc land)
EDIT -- after looking at TagLib itself --
In order to compile TagLib you'll need to get the CMake build system, and TagLib itself, and have CMake build you a visual studio solution. Using that solution you'll be able to build the .libs and .dlls you need. Note that because TagLib is a KDE library, you'll probably need to also build some QT bits in order for everything work work successfully. However, I don't have specific experience with the library so I'm not going to be all that helpful here.
Yo do not have to recompile the source (to create the .lib file) if you have the .dll file. With dumpbin /exports and lib (both came with Visual Studio) yo can create a lib that you can link with your application. In this link you can see a nice explanation: http://www.coderetard.com/2009/01/21/generate-a-lib-from-a-dll-with-visual-studio/
But as Billy Said, probably you would need other parts of QT to use this library.
I have been trying to set up OpenCV for the past few days with no results. I am using Windows 7 and VS C++ 2008 express edition. I have downloaded and installed OpenCV 2.1 and some of the examples work. I downloaded CMake and ran it to generate the VS project files and built all of them but there with several errors, and couldn't get any farther than that.
When I ran CMake I configured it to use the VS 9 compiler, and then it brought up a list of items in red such as BUILD_EXAMPLES, BUILD_LATEX_DOCS, ect. All of them were unchecked except BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT, BUILD_TESTS, ENABLE_OPENMP, and OPENCV_BUILD_3RDPARTY_LIBS. I configured and generate without changing anything and then it generated the VS files such as ALL_BUILD.vcproj. I built the OpenCV VS solution in debug mode and it had 15 failures (maybe this is part of the problem or is it because I don't have python and stuff like that?)
Now there was a lib folder created after building but inside there was just this VC++ Minimum Rebuild Dependency file and Program Debug Database file, both called cvhaartraining. I believe it should have created the .lib files I need instead of this. Also, the bin folder now has a folder called Debug with the same types of files with names like cv200d and cvaux200d.
Believe I need those .lib files to move forward.
I would also greatly appreciate if someone could direct me to a reliable tutorial to set up VS for OpenCV because I have been reading a lot of tutorials and they all say different things such as some say to configure Window's environment variables and other say files are located in folders such as OpenCV/cv which I don't have. I have gotten past the point of clear headed thinking so if anyone could offer some direction or a simple list of the files I need to link then I would be thankful.
Also a side question: why when linking the OpenCV libs do you have to put them in quotes?
If you're just getting started, you should probably grab the prebuilt libraries for OpenCV instead. It's OpenCV-2.1.0-win32-vs2008.exe from this page.
Once you have that, there is really no setup. Just link to the (already built) lib files in any VS project you create, and make sure the OpenCV include directory is in the projects include path.