Thread: new to visual C++ - "unresolved external symbol" linking errors

Well, the problem turned out to be the mangling of my C function names... all I had to do was export the C functions using

Code:

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {  
#endif	

//Declare C functions here

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

in my header files, and it all compiles and links fine now. Stupid mistake =/ Hopefully this helps someone having the same problem, though

Hiya, not sure if you're still checking this thread, but i seem to be having virtually the same problem as you were. i tried what you suggested and it reduced the length of the linker errors, but they still show up except instead of looking like:

Code:

SCFfunction.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl fwrite_scf(struct Scf *,struct _iobuf *)" (?fwrite_scf@@YAHPAUScf@@PAU_iobuf@@@Z)

they have been shortened to:

Code:

SCFfunction.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _fwrite_scf

now it just looks like i've simply forgotten to include a library, but i didn't change anything else. did you see anything like that at all? it's probably just something really simple that's eluding me.

cheers