I do not know how I missed this one file, but I now see there is a file called FreeType2110MT_D.lib. I was wondering is this the file I need and is it the only one? I thought I needed the freetype.lib file which was the one that the linker was looking for in the chess game?
bnTheMan wrote: > > Werner, > Thanks for the help. However, please excuse my dumbness, but I never made > a lib file before. So far, I found the Visual C++ project file, and I > compiled it. However, the compiler only made the obj files. So what is > next to get the obj's into .lib? If you are not sure since you never used > Visual C++, and although the MSDN forums, which supports Visual C++, > usually do not support 3rd party libraries, is this something I could ask > there since it is a compiler question? > > Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> >> >>> I downloaded a chess game which includes the source files to be >>> compiled on Microsoft Visual C++. Maybe you have heard of it, it is >>> called Brutal Chess. The game uses the FreeType Library, so I >>> downloaded the FreeType-2.3.5 and added the include folder in the >>> Microsoft Visual C++ Tools Settings. I then tried compiling the >>> game, but I got a link error stating that it could not open >>> FreeType.lib file. I tried searching for the file on my hard drive >>> and it does not exists. What did I do wrong? >> >> I've no idea how Visual C++ works, but normally you have to compile >> FreeType first to get the library (FreeType.lib), then building your >> application. >> >> >> Werner >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freetype mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Link-Error%3A-could-not-open-FreeType.lib-tf4167684.html#a11883330 Sent from the Freetype - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
