FLTK compiling issues...

[tundra010]

Hi

I have Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition and I downloaded fltk from fltk.org. When I tried compiling it, i got many of these errors:

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'fltk.lib'

How do i compile FLTK now? Please help

[William Hemsworth]

Try reading the documentation on how to install it perhaps?

Check your linker settings, make sure you have entered everything correctly.

[tundra010]

I read the directions in the documentation, and I followed the directions, but it didn't work, it still gave me the same error.

My linker settings seem to be ok...

[stilllearning]

In your linker settings have you typed in the complete path to where fltk.lib is located ? By default it'll look for it in the current project directory. If fltk.lib is something you are supposed to compile also, then make sure that project is added as a dependency for your current project, so that it compiles before, and fltk.lib exists for you to use.

[tundra010]

thanks, stilllearning and William. I got FLTK compiled, but when I try to compile and run the following program, I get the error messages under that.

#include <FL/FL.h>
#include <FL/FL_Window.h>

int main() {
    FL_Window win(400, 200);
    win.show();
    return FL::run();
}

Error messages:
error C2065: 'FL_Window' : undeclared identifier
error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'win'
error C3861: 'win': identifier not found
error C2065: 'win' : undeclared identifier
error C2228: left of '.show' must have class/struct/union

sorry if the answer is obvious, I am new to C++ :)