[Liblas-devel] Linker errors with Windows import library in v1.2.1

[Mateusz Loskot]

James Domingo wrote:
> I've created a simple console project in VC++ 2008 (express) with the
> code from the libLAS C++ tutorial:
> 
> #include <liblas/lasreader.hpp>
> #include <fstream>  // std::ifstream
> #include <iostream> // std::cout
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>   std::ifstream ifs;
>   ifs.open(argv[1], std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
>   liblas::LASReader reader(ifs);
>   liblas::LASHeader const& header = reader.GetHeader();
>   std::cout << "Signature: " << header.GetFileSignature() << '\n';
>   std::cout << "Points count: " << header.GetPointRecordsCount() << '\n';
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> The code compiles and links successfully if I specify the static liblas
> library as an additional dependency to the linker:
> 
> Linker:
>  Additional Dependencies: liblas.lib
> 
> However, if I change that dependency to the Windows import library
> (liblas_i.lib) for the liblas1.dll, the linker reports unresolved symbol
> errors:
> [...]
> Is there something else that's needed to link with the libLAS dll?

James,

If you are up to use C++ API, you are supposed to link against static
library only (liblas.lib).

The import/dll libraries do export only C API.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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