Confirmed in VS 2019 Community, that the above instructions still work, to build FreeImageNET.dll: Open FreeImage\Wrapper\FreeImage.NET\cs\FreeImage.NET.sln in VS; let it convert project format to 2019. Unload UnitTest project. Set Build Configuration / Platform to "x64" (or "x86" if you need 32-bit). Open Library / Properties / Build - Set "Treat warnings as errors" to "None". NOTE: This must be set for each "Platform" you build. So if you forgot to set Build Platform first, after setting Build...
Confirmed in VS 2019 Community, that the above instructions still work, to build FreeImageNET.dll: Open in VS; let it convert project format to 2019. Unload UnitTest project. Set Build Configuration / Platform to "x64" (or "x86" if you need 32-bit). Open Library / Properties / Build - Set "Treat warnings as errors" to "None". NOTE: This must be set for each "Platform" you build. So if you forgot to set Build Platform first, after setting Build Platform to x64, verify that this is still "None". Rt-click...
Confirmed in VS 2019 Community, that the above instructions still work, to build FreeImageNET.dll: Open in VS; let it convert project format to 2019. Unload UnitTest project. Set Build Configuration / Platform to "x64" (or "x86" if you need 32-bit). Open Library / Properties / Build - Set "Treat warnings as errors" to "None". NOTE: This must be set for each "Platform" you build. So if you forgot to set Build Platform first, after setting Build Platform to x64, verify that this is still "None". Rt-click...
Confirmed in VS 2019 Community, that the above instructions still work, to build FreeImageNET.dll: Open in VS; let it convert project format to 2019. Unload UnitTest project. Open Library / Properties / Build - Set "Treat warnings as errors" to "None". Rt-click Library project / Build. Then can build Sample 1, but as mentioned above, if you run it, it won't find FreeImage.dll, until you've added it to your VS path. Or copied it (32-bit or 64-bit FreeImage.dll from Dist folder) into Sample 1's bin...
Confirmed in VS 2019 Community, that the above instructions still work, to build FreeImageNET.dll: Open in VS; let it convert project format to 2019. Unload UnitTest project. Open Library / Properties / Build - Set "Treat warnings as errors" to "None". Rt-click Library project / Build. Then can build Sample 1, but as mentioned above, if you run it, it won't find FreeImage.dll, until you've added it to your VS path. Or copied it (32-bit or 64-bit FreeImage.dll from Dist folder) into Sample 1's bin...
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