[boost] Successfully compiled & static linked with Boost.Threads using Visual Studio .NET 2003

From: David Barrett (dbarrett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-22 15:12:43

Hi, I see a lot of people have been having problems statically-linking
Boost.Threads with Visual Studio .NET 2003.  For what it's worth, I just got
it to work, and here's what I did:

1) Created and entered a C:\Libraries folder

     C:\> Mkdir c:\Libraries
     C:\> cd c:\Libraries

2) Checked out the latest code from CVS using:

(From http://boost.org/more/getting_started.html)
     cvs -d:pserver:anonymous_at_[hidden]:/cvsroot/boost login
[Hit <return> when it asks for a password]
     cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous_at_[hidden]:/cvsroot/boost
checkout boost
     cvs -d:pserver:anonymous_at_[hidden]:/cvsroot/boost logout

3) Installed Boost.Build and Boost.Jam

4) Built everything:

     C:\Libraries\Boost> bjam --prefix=c:\Libraries\Boost install

5) Launched Visual Studio .NET 2003

6) Created a new Win32 Console Project (CTRL+SHIFT+N) and accompanying
solution named BoostTest

7) Configured the wizard to create an Empty Project (click "Application
Settings", check "Empty Project", click "Finish")

8) Configured the project to use the "Multi-threaded Debug Runtime Library"
(Project::BootTest Properties, C/C++::Code Generation::Runtime Library)

9) Configured the project to search for the Boost include files
(Project::BootTest Properties, C/C++::General::Additional Include
Directories) by adding:

     C:\Libraries\boost\include

10) Created a new file named BoostTest.cpp (CTRL+SHIFT+A, click "C++ File",
type "BoostTest.cpp" in the Name field, click Open)

11) Inserted the single include line:

     #include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>

12) Compiled (CTRL+F7)

13) It works!

So yes, that all seems pretty obvious.  But it took me a long time to get
working.  I was unable to get anything with a Boost.Thread header to compile
*at all* (with any combination of static/dynamic runtimes, #defines, and
code hacks) using the 1.31.0 release currently available for download via
SourceForge.  But it works now, and I'm proof that it can be done.  Good
luck!

-david