Hello Albrecht, I didn't add "fltkdll.lib" in Properties/Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies. Why do I need to add this lib file. I am going to do this anyway but I'd be thankful if you could tell me the reason it needs to be added.
Thanks & best regards, Asif On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Albrecht Schlosser <[email protected]>wrote: > On 21.05.2011 17:01, asif saeed wrote: > > Hello Albrecht, > > > > This time,after defining FL_DLL as a preprocessor symbol, I got the > > following errors: > > Did you *also* define "WIN32" ? > > > 1>tt.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol > "__declspec(dllimport) > > public: static int __cdecl Fl::run(void)" (__imp_?run@Fl@@SAHXZ) > referenced > > in function _main > ... > > 1>E:\scratch\tt\Release\tt.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 24 unresolved > > externals > > Okay, "__declspec(dllimport)" and "__imp_" show that you do in fact try > to link with the dll version (FL_DLL is defined). Okay. > > > Apparently, the linker cannot find the dll. Even though I have placed it > in > > the same directory where the EXE is supposed to be created. > > No, the linker doesn't need nor does it look for the .dll file. > The linker needs the .lib file! IIRC I explained this already. > You need the .dll files when you want to run the executable. > > > Any help now? > > (1) check whether you defined "WIN32" (see above) > > (2) check whether you defined the dependencies correctly: > (2a) add "fltkdll.lib" in > Properties/Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies > right before comctl32.lib > (there should not be other fltk*.lib files in this line) > (2b) add "<path-to-fltk>/test" in > Properties/Linker/General/Additional Library Directories > (replace or remove "<path-to-fltk>/lib" if it is there). > > Please report *everything* you do so that I can help you better. > > And, again, please remove all fltkdll.dll files you copied until > you got the build working. Then, when you are ready to run the > program, try it first w/o copying the fltkdll.dll file. This > ought to issue an error message. Then copy only *one* fltkdll.dll > file into the *same* directory where you built your test .exe file. > Start it again: it should work. > > Albrecht > _______________________________________________ > fltk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk > _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
