Re: [Boost-users] Visual studio 2008 problem with linker or compiler (depending on release or debug version)...

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Visual studio 2008 problem with linker or compiler (depending on release or debug version)...
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-16 19:32:56

AMDG

Ozgur Ozturk wrote:
>     I have installed boost libraries and headers using the installer from:
> http://www.boostpro.com/download
>
> Then in visual studio I create an empty c++ project and added the
> chat_server.cpp and chat_message.hpp code from
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/doc/html/boost_asio/examples.html
> (I wish there was a code download link by the way, I struggled some because
> of some characters introduced in copy paste)
>
> Then I added
> "C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_38" to include directories
> and "C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_38\lib" to additional library
> directories
> (similar to  description in the last two sections of this tutorial:
> http://blog.emptycrate.com/node/421 , but without property sheets, only on
> project properties.)
>
> Now the errors.
> If I try to build a release version
> it says:
> .\chat_server.cpp(17) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file:
> 'boost/bind.hpp': No such file or directory
>   

It sounds like you only added the include paths to the debug build.

> but If I try to build a debug version
> it says:
> LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
> 'libboost_system-vc90-mt-gd-1_38.lib'
>
> I have a 'libboost_system-vc90-mt-*s*gd-1_38.lib' not
> 'libboost_system-vc90-mt-gd-1_38.lib' in my lib folder...
>   

You need either to install the libraries without static runtime,
or build using the static CRT.
(Properties->Configuration Properties->C/C++->Code Generation->Runtime 
Library)

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe