Re: [ft] Link Error: could not open FreeType.lib

[bnTheMan]

OK, I have given up all hope here. I am about to pull my hairs, and I can't
see how something like this can be that difficult. I have tried compiling
the Win32 Visual C++ project which only creates the FreeType2110MT_D.lib
file but no freetype.lib file. I have tried using the settings from 
http://freetype.freedesktop.org/wiki/FreeType_DLL#head-3384cb3f8f8df09eaa2739d2cc1baafbeec2ca7b
this link here  in Visual C++, but I get an error stating that ftcache.obj
cannot not be opened no such file or directory. I tried downloading 
http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/glyph-keeper/files/FreeType-2.1.10-MSVC-8.0b2.zip
this link here  which is the setup of the upper link given in a batch file,
but not one obj file, lib file, or dll file is created even though there
were no errors. I tried downloading 2 different versions of freetype, 2.1.10
and 2.3.5. neither of them are not giving me the lib files.
If you need my computer specs they are as follows
Intel Pentimum 4 1.6 GHz processor
512 DDR RAM
Windows XP Home sp2
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express
Microsoft Platform SDK

For the love of God could someone give me some help on what I am doing
wrong? Like I said before, I never made a Lib file before so I have the
faintest clue how to build this library.

and BTW Werner, don't tell me you do not know how Visual C++ works when the
above 2 links were written and created by you. So you must know something
about Visual C++.


bnTheMan wrote:
> 
> I do not know how I missed this one file, but I now see there is a file
> called FreeType2110MT_D.lib. I was wondering is this the file I need and
> is it the only one? I thought I needed the freetype.lib file which was the
> one that the linker was looking for in the chess game?
> 
> 
> bnTheMan wrote:
>> 
>> Werner,
>> Thanks for the help. However, please excuse my dumbness, but I never made
>> a lib file before. So far, I found the Visual C++ project file, and I
>> compiled it. However, the compiler only made the obj files. So what is
>> next to get the obj's into .lib? If you are not sure since you never used
>> Visual C++, and although the MSDN forums, which supports Visual C++,
>> usually do not support 3rd party libraries, is this something I could ask
>> there since it is a compiler question? 
>> 
>> Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I downloaded a chess game which includes the source files to be
>>>> compiled on Microsoft Visual C++. Maybe you have heard of it, it is
>>>> called Brutal Chess.  The game uses the FreeType Library, so I
>>>> downloaded the FreeType-2.3.5 and added the include folder in the
>>>> Microsoft Visual C++ Tools Settings. I then tried compiling the
>>>> game, but I got a link error stating that it could not open
>>>> FreeType.lib file. I tried searching for the file on my hard drive
>>>> and it does not exists. What did I do wrong?
>>> 
>>> I've no idea how Visual C++ works, but normally you have to compile
>>> FreeType first to get the library (FreeType.lib), then building your
>>> application.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     Werner
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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