Re: [openvrml-develop] How to build OpenVRML on VisualStudio 2005 and 2003

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

Larry Mullen wrote:
> Thanks Braden - I was able to get past that but now I get the
> following when building openvrml
> 
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
> 'libboost_thread-vc80-mt-gd-1_34.lib'
> 
> I could not find reference to this library in any of the project settings.

Boost takes advantage of a feature specific to the Microsoft compiler 
that lets it indicate what library will need to be linked in via the 
headers.

> Unfortunately, if I have to build boost for this, it's time to give up
> for me....it's going to be a maintenance nightmare and I dont want to
> support this forever....

You can get pre-built binaries of boost from boost-consulting.com.

Braden