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Visual studio compilation error

  • doltox     8th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Hi, I read the tutorial: https://powdertoy.co.uk/Wiki/W/Win32_code_setup.html

    I did everything but when i try to compile for the first time (with the original source). I get this error:
    1>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'SDL.lib'

    I hope someone can help me.

    Edit: I tried to copy all the files in "libs"  and "Libraries" from the source to the "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib" directory. Actually it does compile but when I run the exe, i just get a blank window :(
  • abczyx123987     8th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Did you follow the wiki exactly?

    Are you sure you added "$(ProjectDir)Libraries" (exactly how it's written; don't replace "$(ProjectDir)" with anything) to Project > Properties > Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories > Library Directories?

    Also, I'm not sure where you got a "libs" folder from...neither the source download from GitHub nor the Source-Required.zip you should have downloaded from the tutorial contains a "libs" folder.

    You can try downloading the complete project file that's mentioned in the tutorial and using that as an example to see if you did anything wrong.

    Is that the only error you're getting?
    And what does this "blank window" look like?
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