Thread: Grrr.... SDL Linking Problem

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    Grrr.... SDL Linking Problem

    I just recently un-installed Dev C++ and installed Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, and I installed SDL 1.2.8 for it. I was testing to see if I had set up SDL for Visual Studio correctly, when it gives me these Linking problems.

    ------ Build started: Project: 2ndTest, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
    Compiling...
    main.cpp
    Linking...
    main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __RTC_CheckEsp referenced in function _SDL_main
    main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __RTC_Shutdown
    main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __RTC_InitBase
    LINK : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _mainCRTStartup
    Debug\2ndTest.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
    Build log was saved at "file://c:\LIB_SDL\SDL_Test\SDL_Test\2ndTest\Debug\BuildLo g.htm"
    2ndTest - 5 error(s), 0 warning(s)
    ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

    Compiling works, but Linking for some reason doesnt. I have linked "SDL.lib" and "SDLmain.lib" to my project, and to avoid a warning I activated "/NODEFAULTLIB".

    Well, any ideas?
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    Check the code-generation settings.
    If I remember correctly, it should be either
    Multithreaded DLL or
    Multithreaded Debug DLL

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    Theres 4 different kinds of DLLs listed there:

    Multi-threaded(/MT)
    Multi-threaded Debug(/MTd)
    Multi-threaded DLL(/MD)
    Multi-threaded Debug DLL(/MDd)

    The last one is the one that is already selected. Which one should I select?
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    try Multi-threaded DLL(/MD)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sand_man
    try Multi-threaded DLL(/MD)
    Same result. On my first test I had no errors but 1 warning saying that the SDL library file I linked, conflicted with the default lib and that to get rid of the warning, activate "/NODEFAULTLIB". But maybe I shouldn't have done that?
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    Ok well, I managed to fix the problem. If anyone has a similiar problem and cant figure it out, PM me and I'll tell you how.
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