OK, I have given up all hope here. I am about to pull my hairs, and I can't see how something like this can be that difficult. I have tried compiling the Win32 Visual C++ project which only creates the FreeType2110MT_D.lib file but no freetype.lib file. I have tried using the settings from http://freetype.freedesktop.org/wiki/FreeType_DLL#head-3384cb3f8f8df09eaa2739d2cc1baafbeec2ca7b this link here in Visual C++, but I get an error stating that ftcache.obj cannot not be opened no such file or directory. I tried downloading http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/glyph-keeper/files/FreeType-2.1.10-MSVC-8.0b2.zip this link here which is the setup of the upper link given in a batch file, but not one obj file, lib file, or dll file is created even though there were no errors. I tried downloading 2 different versions of freetype, 2.1.10 and 2.3.5. neither of them are not giving me the lib files. If you need my computer specs they are as follows Intel Pentimum 4 1.6 GHz processor 512 DDR RAM Windows XP Home sp2 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Microsoft Platform SDK
For the love of God could someone give me some help on what I am doing wrong? Like I said before, I never made a Lib file before so I have the faintest clue how to build this library. and BTW Werner, don't tell me you do not know how Visual C++ works when the above 2 links were written and created by you. So you must know something about Visual C++. bnTheMan wrote: > > 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#a11929332 Sent from the Freetype - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
