Re: [Jsbsim-devel] PythonJSBSim link error with VS 2017

[Alan T. <ajt...@v-...>]

I have found the reason for this link error.
I am doing an out of source build in directory C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64, and looking in C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/python/devnull.txt I see this  :-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\bin\HostX86\x64\link.exe /nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO /LTCG /DLL /MANIFEST:EMBED,ID=2 /MANIFESTUAC:NO /LIBPATH:C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64\src /LIBPATH:C:\Python36\libs /LIBPATH:C:\Python36\PCbuild\amd64 "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\ATLMFC\lib\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\lib\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\lib\um\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17134.0\ucrt\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17134.0\um\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\lib\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\atlmfc\lib\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\lib\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17134.0\ucrt\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\VS\UnitTest\lib" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17134.0\um\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\lib\um\x64" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\Lib\um\x64" JSBSim.lib /EXPORT:PyInit_jsbsim build\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/python/jsbsim.obj /OUT:C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/tests\jsbsim.cp36-win_amd64.pyd /IMPLIB:build\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/python\jsbsim.cp36-win_amd64.lib
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'JSBSim.lib'

If I copy the file C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/src/release JSSim.lib to  to C:/FlightGear/jsbsim/build64/src , I can then build PythonJSBSim, and also run the tests.

All of the tests run, but I get.
1>The following tests FAILED:
1>      5 - CheckFGBug1503 (Failed)
1>     45 - FGLocationTest1 (Failed)

Hope this helps.

Alan