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["j. scheurich" <>]

> > > I use the headerfile only version of cgal 4.12 with visual c++ 2017
> > > community.
> > >
> > > i got the following linking errror:
> > > > LINK : fatal error LNK1104: Datei "libCGAL-vc140-mt-gd-4.12.lib" kann
> > > nicht geöffnet werden.
> > >
> > > ...can't be opened
> > Now understand: "header only" version of CGAL do not mean, there are
> > only headerfiles (like in vcglib).
> > "header only" version means: the linking command is in a special pragma
> > in the hederfiles (like in boost).
> > "libCGAL-vc140-mt-gd-4.12.lib" is really needed.
>
> No. You missundertood. The autolink should be disabled. You probably do not
> use CGAL CMake scripts to generate the build system of your own project.
>
> Make sure the macro CGAL_HEADER_ONLY is defined to 1, in the properties of
> your project. That will enable the header-only behavior of CGAL headers, and
> in particular
Shouldn't be the macro CGAL_HEADER_ONLY in the header files written by 
the INSTALL project ?
Something like compiler_config.h ?

so long
MUFTI