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[Andreas Fabri <>]

You should use CGAL-3.3.1

andreas

Samay Kumar wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> I am new in Visual Studio Programming. In my project, I am intended to 
> use CGAL 3.2.1 in Visual Studio 2005. But I am having building error 
> with it. Though I have tried with Visual Studio.net 2003 where it works 
> fine. But still it gives error. I might be missing something to 
> configure but really I am filling helpless. Well, it would be better if 
> I can get the CGAL configured with Visual Studio 2005.
>
> May be anyone can give me hint, how to proceed.. This is how I proceeded...
>
> First I tried with Visual Studio 2005 (but din't work). I configured all 
> stuff in my PC according to........
> http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~ophirset/robotics/ex2/Windows.html
>
> 1. Build successful of ($CGALDIR)\src\CGAL
> 2. Build successful of ($CGALDIR)\src\Core [So now I have 
> ($CGALDIR)\lib\CGAL and ($CGALDIR)\lib\core++ built with VS-2005]
> 3. Building not successful of ($CGALDIR)\example\polygon\example.vcproj
> 4. Every time I get such linking error, even with other examples.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 1>------ Build started: Project: Example, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
> 1>Compiling...
> 1>Example.C
> 1>Compiling manifest to resources...
> 1>Linking...
> 1>Example.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol 
> __imp___CrtDbgReportW referenced in function "public: class 
> CGAL::Point_2<struct CGAL::Cartesian<double> > const & __thiscall 
> std::list<class CGAL::Point_2<struct CGAL::Cartesian<double> >,class 
> std::allocator<class CGAL::Point_2<struct CGAL::Cartesian<double> > > 
>  >::_Const_iterator<1>::operator*(void)const " 
> (??D?$_Const_iterator@$00@?$list@V?$Point_2@U?$Cartesian@N@CGAL@@@CGAL@@V?$allocator@V?$Point_2@U?$Cartesian@N@CGAL@@@CGAL@@@std@@@std@@QBEABV?$Point_2@U?$Cartesian@N@CGAL@@@CGAL@@XZ)
> 1>Debug/Example.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
> 1>Build log was saved at 
> "file://d:\Workspace\cgal_example\Polygon\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
> 1>Example - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> =======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======XXXX=======
>
>
> Then, I tried with Visual Studio.net 2003 (worked but faced some other 
> problem). In this procedure I used original version of source code, not 
> the modified after building with VisualStudio 2005.
>
> 1. Build successful of ($CGALDIR)\src\CGAL
> 2. Build successful of ($CGALDIR)\src\Core [So now I have 
> ($CGALDIR)\lib\CGAL and ($CGALDIR)\lib\core++ built with VS-2003 which 
> is default I think]
> 3. Opened the same project. ($CGALDIR)\example\polygon\example.vcproj.
> 4. Cleaned the existing solution.
> 5. Build successful
>
> *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>
> ------ Build started: Project: Example, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
>
> Compiling...
> Example.C
> Linking...
>
> Build log was saved at 
> "file://d:\Workspace\cgal_example\Polygon\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
> Example - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)
>
>
> ---------------------- Done ----------------------
>
>     Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped
>
> *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
>
> 6. Then I just added header #include <windows.h>  and one statement in 
> main(), that's  Sleep(2000);
> 7. Build failed
> 8. I can not understand what the problem is...
>
> ############################################################################################################################
>
> ------ Build started: Project: Example, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
>
> Compiling...
> Example.C
> Example.C(16) : error C2365: 'Polygon' : redefinition; previous 
> definition was a 'function'
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\PlatformSDK\Include\WinGDI.h(3760) : see declaration of 'Polygon'
> Example.C(27) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before 
> identifier 'p'
> Example.C(27) : warning C4551: function call missing argument list
> Example.C(27) : error C2065: 'p' : undeclared identifier
> Example.C(28) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(28) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(29) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(29) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(30) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(30) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(31) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(31) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(32) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(32) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(36) : error C2593: 'operator <<' is ambiguous
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(434): could be 
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator 
> <<(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Mysb *)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(414): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(const void *)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(394): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(long double)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(374): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(double)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(354): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(float)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(333): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(unsigned __int64)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(313): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(__int64)
> '
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(292): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(unsigned long)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(272): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(long)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(252): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(unsigned int)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(227): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(int)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(207): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(unsigned short)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(174): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(short)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(154): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(std::_Bool)'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(148): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator <<(std::ios_base &(__cdecl 
> *)(std::ios_base &))'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(142): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt 
> &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::operator 
> <<(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myios &(__cdecl 
> *)(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myios &))'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(137): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt &std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Tra
> its>::operator <<(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt &(__cdecl 
> *)(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>::_Myt &))'
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(887): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,unsigned 
> char)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(880): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,const 
> unsigned char *)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(873): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,signed 
> char)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(866): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,const 
> signed char *)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(744): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,char)' 
> [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(697): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &,const 
> char *)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(659): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<char,std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> 
> &,char)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         d:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> 2003\Vc7\include\ostream(613): or       
> 'std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::operator 
> <<<char,std::char_traits<char>>(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits> 
> &,const char *)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
>         with
>         [
>             _Elem=char,
>             _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
>         ]
>         while trying to match the argument list '(std::ostream, 
> 'unknown-type')'
> Example.C(36) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(40) : error C2228: left of '.is_simple' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(40) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(41) : error C2228: left of '.is_convex' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(41) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(42) : error C2228: left of '.orientation' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(42) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(43) : error C2228: left of '.area' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(43) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(65) : error C2228: left of '.bounded_side' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(65) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(73) : error C2228: left of '.vertices_begin' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(73) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(73) : error C2228: left of '.vertices_end' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(73) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(78) : error C2228: left of '.edges_begin' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(78) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
> Example.C(78) : error C2228: left of '.edges_end' must have 
> class/struct/union type
>         type is ''unknown-type''
> Example.C(78) : error C3861: 'p': identifier not found, even with 
> argument-dependent lookup
>
> Build log was saved at 
> "file://d:\Workspace\cgal_example\Polygon\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
> Example - 33 error(s), 1 warning(s)
>
>
> ---------------------- Done ----------------------
>
>     Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped
>
> ############################################################################################################################
>
>
> It would be really great if anyone help me to get Visual Studio 2005 
> working with CGAL. Thanks in advance for any kind of hint or details.
>
> Greetings,
> Samay