[Boost-users] how to get auto_link to use shared libraries

Subject: [Boost-users] how to get auto_link to use shared libraries
From: Jeff Archer (jeffarcher7_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-03 17:57:41

I am trying to use Boost 1.59.0 with Visual Studio 2015

I believe I have built correctly the shared libraries as I have the
following files in stage/lib
10/03/2015  04:48 PM           968,192 boost_regex-vc140-mt-1_59.dll
10/03/2015  04:48 PM         1,100,728 boost_regex-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  03:59 PM         2,561,024 boost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.dll
10/03/2015  03:59 PM         1,103,914 boost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib

I am trying to build the credit_card_example from
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_59_0/libs/regex/example/snippets/credit_card_example.cpp

I do have several static libraries in my stage/lib.  Uncertain how they got
there as I thought that I had only built the debug and release shared
libraries.
10/03/2015  04:52 PM           395,432 libboost_chrono-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:02 PM         2,223,204 libboost_chrono-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:48 PM             1,416 libboost_exception-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  03:59 PM            29,648
libboost_exception-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:52 PM            88,934 libboost_system-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:02 PM           660,700 libboost_system-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:52 PM        13,542,628
libboost_test_exec_monitor-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:02 PM        42,599,796
libboost_test_exec_monitor-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:52 PM           177,682 libboost_timer-vc140-mt-1_59.lib
10/03/2015  04:02 PM         1,319,014 libboost_timer-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib

Compiling with BOOST_LIB_DIAGNOSTIC defined gives this output
1>------ Build started: Project: BoostRegexCreditCardExample,
Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>  BoostRegexCreditCardExample.cpp
1>  Linking to lib file: libboost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Building the project gives this error
1>------ Build started: Project: BoostRegexCreditCardExample,
Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file
'libboost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib'
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Precompiled headers is turned off.

I believe the shared libraries are built correctly because if I rename the
import library to libboost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.lib the build succeeds
and the boost_regex-vc140-mt-gd-1_59.dll module is shown as loaded by the
debugger and the program produces the following output.
C:\Dev.ja\BoostRegexCreditCardExample\x64\Debug>BoostRegexCreditCardExample.exe
validate_card_format("0000111122223333") returned 0
validate_card_format("0000 1111 2222 3333") returned 1
validate_card_format("0000-1111-2222-3333") returned 1
validate_card_format("000-1111-2222-3333") returned 0
machine_readable_card_number("0000111122223333") returned 0000111122223333
machine_readable_card_number("0000 1111 2222 3333") returned
0000111122223333
machine_readable_card_number("0000-1111-2222-3333") returned
0000111122223333
machine_readable_card_number("000-1111-2222-3333") returned 000111122223333
human_readable_card_number("0000111122223333") returned 0000-1111-2222-3333
human_readable_card_number("0000 1111 2222 3333") returned
0000-1111-2222-3333
human_readable_card_number("0000-1111-2222-3333") returned
0000-1111-2222-3333
human_readable_card_number("000-1111-2222-3333") returned 000-1111-2222-3333

Therefore, I believe I have overlooked some detail in the setup of my
project.

Please, can someone point out what I have failed to do correctly?

Also, can/should I just delete the several libboost_...lib files from my
stage/lib directory?  I would prefer to always used the shared libraries.

Thanks,
Jeff