Re: [Plib-users] Installing plib on windows

[Fay J. F Dr C. U. AFSEO/SK <joh...@eg...>]

Ana,

	If you unzipped the PLIB distribution file into all the directories
and just built things as they are, and if your version of MSVC is fairly
recent, the paths should be set properly.  Here is what is supposed to
happen:

	When you unzip the PLIB distribution file, you should get the
following structure (this is only part of it):

Plib - contains "plib.dsw"
	Examples - contains "plib_examples.dsw"
		Src - contains subdirectories with the various example
programs
	Src
		Fnt - contains the "fnt" library source
		Js - contains the "js" library source
		... etc.

	After you load "plib.dsw" into MSVC and invoke the "Rebuild All"
command, the "post-build step" should copy all the necessary header files
and library files into the main "Plib" directory.  My copy of MSVC at work
does this; my older student copy of MSVC at home does not.

	When you load "plib_examples.dsw" into MSVC, all the necessary paths
should be set already.  If you look at the project settings (say, for
"pw_demo") you should find under the "C/C++" tab, "Preprocessor" category,
the following for "Additional include directories:"

		..\..\..\..\

This causes the preprocessor to look in the directory ABOVE the main Plib
directory for its include files; thus including "<plib/pw.h>" will cause the
preprocessor to look in the main Plib directory for that file.  Similarly,
in the project settings under the "Link" tab, "Input" category, you should
find the following under "Additional library path:"

		..\..\..\..\plib

This causes the loader to look in the main Plib directory for the library
files "ul_d.lib" and "pw_d.lib".

	The example given on the web site is, I think, the "Simple" project
in the "plib_examples" workspace.  You probably got all the errors because
you did not set the library path in the project settings.

	Please let me know if this solves your problems or if there are
further errors.

John F. Fay
Technical Fellow
Jacobs/Sverdrup TEAS Group
850-883-1294