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

[bnTheMan]

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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