Re: [Cppcms-users] Need Help!!!!

[Christian G. <chr...@gm...>]

2013/4/4 ssss <hua...@ho...>:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to start to use cppcms to develop a web-based system. I have
> downloaded cppcms 1.0.3 and I also use zlib 1.2.7 and pcre 8.32. I am under
> windows system and using visual studio 2012 and cmake 2.8.10.
>
> I am trying to compile the cppcms library for 32bit. I start from compiling
> the zlib and pcre (release) without any problem. But I have been fighting
> with compiling the cppcms for one day without any progress. So I have to
> turn to the mail list to look for help!!!!!
>
> What I have done is:
>
> I go to the cppcms folder and use the command
>
> F:\cmake-2.8.10.2\bin\cmake -G"Visual Studio 11"
> -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=Z:\pcre\include;Z:\libzlib-v\include
> -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=z:\pcre\lib;Z:\libzlib-v\lib
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=Z:\libcppcms -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
>
> The VS project is generated without any problem. I can open the VS solution,
> named as cppcms.sln. There are 77 projects generated. Then I start to build
> the solution, BUT I always get the errors (error LNK2019: unresolved
> external symbol) at the end of this email. Finally I can see the static
> files, booster.lib, cppcms.lib, etc. But no DLL files are compiled.
>
> Someone has asked very similar question in
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12657186/cppcms-lots-of-unresolved-external-symbols.
> But I can not find any answer.
>
> I am sure the zlib and pcre is no problem.
>
> Thanks for your help so that I can get rid of this boring, even angering
> task and start to enjoy the web development.
>


As I am not coding/compiling my cppcms stuff I am not 100% sure, but try to link
against ws2_32.lib, the Winsock2 library.

See http://www.installsetupconfig.com/win32programming/windowsocketwinsock214_7.html
for
some details.

greets
--
Christian Gmeiner, MSc