thank you that was the solution. Regards
Dan On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:17 AM, David Bertoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Burrell wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am currently using VC8 to compile xerces, I have added a project called >> Tasks to the solution with a single file containing main() called >> analysefile.cpp. >> It is my intention to mess around with xerces in this file. >> >> I'm following the programming guide, and have got stuck at the first >> stage. >> Please take a look at the following screenshot which outlines my setup: >> >> http://www.solong.co.uk/bugs/unresolved.jpg >> >> After having copied and pasted code from the first window of >> http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/program.html >> I can't get my Tasks project to compile due to the following errors. >> Since >> >> Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol >> "__declspec(dllimport) public: static void __cdecl >> xercesc_2_8::XMLPlatformUtils::Terminate(void)" >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@xercesc_2_8@@SAXXZ) referenced in >> function __catch$_main$0 analysefile.obj Tasks >> Error 3 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol >> "__declspec(dllimport) public: static void __cdecl >> xercesc_2_8::XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize(char const * const,char const * >> const,class xercesc_2_8::PanicHandler * const,class >> xercesc_2_8::MemoryManager * const,bool)" >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@xercesc_2_8@@[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]) referenced in function _main >> analysefile.obj >> Tasks >> Error 4 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol >> "__declspec(dllimport) public: static char const * const >> xercesc_2_8::XMLUni::fgXercescDefaultLocale" >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@xercesc_2_8@@2QBDB) >> analysefile.obj Tasks >> Error 5 fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals >> >> D:\workspaces\test\xerces-c-src_2_8_0\Projects\Win32\VC8\xerces-all\Debug\Tasks.exe >> Tasks >> > Have you specified the Xerces-C import library as input to the linker? > >> >> Surely it should still compile at this stage? I'm at a loss as to how to >> resolve this. Any help much appreciated. >> > It's compiling, but it's not linking. > > >> It should be noted however that the following code will compile: >> >> #include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp> >> // Other include files, declarations, and non-Xerces-C++ initializations. >> XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_USE >> int main(int argc, char* argv[]) >> { >> /* ALL THIS CODE COMMENTED OUT >> try { >> XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize(); >> } >> catch (const XMLException& toCatch) { >> // Do your failure processing here >> return 1; >> } >> >> // Do your actual work with Xerces-C++ here. >> XMLPlatformUtils::Terminate(); >> AND STOP HERE >> */ >> // Other terminations and cleanup. >> return 0; >> } >> > This program doesn't call any Xerces-C APIs, which is why you don't get any > unresolved symbol errors. > > >> clearly it's something to do with the mention of XMLPlatformUtils:: >> > Yes, you need to link with the Xerces-C import library. Take a look at one > of the sample applications to see what extra settings you need for your > project. > > Dave >
