Re: configuring free Visual C++ command line compiler

From: Bronek Kozicki (brok_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-11 03:12:20

On Tue, 11 May 2004 07:35:46 -0000, Wieger Wesselink wrote:
>> it's:
>> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\vcvars32.bat
>> 
>> 
>> B.
> 
> There seem to be some unexpected problems with this compiler. When 
> linking it cannot find certain libraries:
> 
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'msvcprtd.lib'

I think that this file is part of dynamic C++ (or C) runtime library.
Free MSVC71 Toolkit contains only static runtime library (that's the
most important limitation of this toolkit, IMHO). Of course if you have
some other edition of MSVC71 you will have this file somewhere else, but
otherwise ... :-(

B.