Hi Pavel, I think that's the issue. The .def file was never included. I put the .def file in the sqlite's project folder and am getting linker errors when I compile. I probably didn't reference it properly, I'll report back in a few minutes with success or failure.
--- Igor --- In Sqlite project, check Properties | Linker | Advanced | Import Library. Make sure it's not empty (normally, you should see something like $(OutputDir)$(TargetName).lib in there). Linker produces an import library (a LIB file) as a side-effect or building a DLL (unless this is suppressed). Projects using the DLL need the import library to link to. Igor Tandetnik -- It is set to generate a .lib according to that setting, but from what Pavel said, it never does because the .def file is missing from the project. I've never heard of .def files before so this is a new issue for me. This is all quite exciting :) Thanks, Kurt -----Original Message----- From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Pavel Ivanov Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:04 AM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] Compiling SQLite as .lib increases project sizeandbuild time? > If I remove the dependency on sqlite from HouseKeeper, it gives linker > errors with unresolved symbols for sqlite3_* functions. Adding sqlite as > a dependency to HouseKeeper causes it to look for the sqlite.lib file. Make sure that .def file is included in you Sqlite project. When compiling project as dll, compiler generates stub .lib file anyway for linking with anybody who will need this dll. But if you don't include .def file and thus don't define any functions to export from dll, compiler doesn't generate .lib file and it can cause the error you see. Pavel On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Kurt D. Knudsen <kknud...@zystemsgo.com> wrote: > Pavel, > > I have not defined it in the Linker properties. I have a solution called > 'SQLite Test' and inside it consists of 4 projects: > > HouseKeeper - compiles as .dll > Common - compiles as .dll > SQLiteTest - compiles as .exe > Sqlite - forced to compile as .lib (Why?!) > > Under Project Dependencies: > * HouseKeeper is dependent on Common and sqlite. > * Common is dependent on just sqlite > * SQLiteTest is dependent on HouseKeeper, Common, and sqlite > > If I remove the dependency on sqlite from HouseKeeper, it gives linker > errors with unresolved symbols for sqlite3_* functions. Adding sqlite as > a dependency to HouseKeeper causes it to look for the sqlite.lib file. > > --- > > Teg, > > I'd like to keep it an external .dll file if possible, it doesn't make > sense to me to have it added to each project that uses SQLite. SQLite > is, as stated above, its own project inside of the solution. > > How do I go about making the other projects reference the .dll instead > of requiring the .lib? I should note that I am not the original author > of this solution, just modifying it to use SQLite instead of flat-files. > So I am unsure how the other developer set the solution up since > HouseKeeper and Common both compile as .dll. > > I've been trying to contact the original developer that we hired but > can't seem to get a hold of him since we're in different time zones. > I'll try again to see if he can help me properly set up the solution if > I am making no sense here :) > > I hope you guys can help me out; it'd make life quite a bit easier. > > Thanks, > > Kurt > > -----Original Message----- >> 1>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file >> '..\release\sqlite.lib' > > Is this filename something that you wrote yourself in configuration of > your project? If you compile something as dll you don't need to mention > its library as additional linking source in dependent projects. > > Pavel > > -----Original Message----- > From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org > [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Teg > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:13 AM > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Compiling SQLite as .lib increases project size > andbuild time? > > Hello Kurt, > > The size increase is because you're including code IN the program > instead of having it in a DLL. That's one of the benefits of DLLs. The > second thing, the build time thing is because you've chosen to build > SQLite each and every time you build the entire project. That's purely > a design choice in how you build. It's how I do it too. Your other > option is to make Sqlite it's own project and only build it when it > changes but, link it in by manually adding the lib path and lib name > to the linker. > > I have some projects I build every time when doing a release, like > SQlite and I have some projects like OpenSLL where I build once and > only reference the lib. > > I find that SQlite builds very quickly. Takes about 20 seconds in > release 64 bits with full optimization. I could make it faster if I > turned on pre-compiled headers but, it doesn't seem worth the effort. > During development, it only build when it changes. > > Perhaps you only have one project and you've lumped everything > together? I'd break SQlite out into it's own project then use project > dependencies to make the linker include it. > > C > > Thursday, December 17, 2009, 9:01:04 AM, you wrote: > > KDK> Hi all, > > KDK> > > KDK> Since we're moving our project over from flat-files to an SQL DB, > I've > KDK> noticed that projects that utilize SQLite3 have increased to over > 500k > KDK> in size. Their original sizes were between 50-100k. Also, the build > KDK> times have increased dramatically. I have SQLite added as a > separate > KDK> project in my solution (Visual Studio 2008) and have its > Configuration > KDK> Type as .lib. If I set it to .dll, then the rest of the projects > fail to > KDK> link properly stating: > > KDK> > > 1>>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file > KDK> '..\release\sqlite.lib' > > KDK> > > KDK> I'm curious to know if this is normal behavior and if SQLite must > be > KDK> compiled as a .lib as opposed to a .dll? The odd thing is, I have > other > KDK> projects in the solution that are set to compile as a .dll and they > link > KDK> fine with each other. > > KDK> > > KDK> Relevant information: > > KDK> > > KDK> Visual Studio 2008 Professional > > KDK> Compiling as Release > > KDK> > > KDK> Let me know if you need more information. > > KDK> > > KDK> Thanks, > > KDK> > > KDK> Kurt > > KDK> _______________________________________________ > KDK> sqlite-users mailing list > KDK> sqlite-users@sqlite.org > KDK> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > > -- > Best regards, > Teg mailto:t...@djii.com > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users