I started with learning C++ a few days ago and I would like to get some data to make it more funny. I found a powerful C++ library called Unirest that can help me to get data from many APIs and after practice the basics :)
I don't know how to include libraries into my project. I fond some videos about how to do it so I just created libs folder (like i always do when I'm programming in PHP) and I copied library files. After I included header file UNIRest.h into my source and added the libs directory into VS+ Directories option in Project Properties - Configuration Properties - VC+ Directories. Everything is still OK. But when I opened the header file UNIRest.h the problem appeared:
#import "UNIHTTPRequest.h"
#import "UNIHTTPRequestWithBody.h"
#import "HttpRequest/UNISimpleRequest.h"
#import "HttpRequest/UNIBodyRequest.h"
#import "HttpResponse/UNIHTTPBinaryResponse.h"
#import "HttpResponse/UNIHTTPJsonResponse.h"
#import "HttpResponse/UNIHTTPStringResponse.h"
All of those macros are underlined and compilation failed with message:
fatal error C1083: Cannot open type library file: 'libs\unirest\unihttprequest.h': Error loading type library/DLL.
Could you please help me? Hope it's not just a stupid question because I tried to make it works whole afternoon :(
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Typically you need to do 5 things to include a library in your project:
1) Add #include statements necessary files with declarations/interfaces, e.g.:
#include "library.h"
2) Add an include directory for the compiler to look into
-> Configuration Properties/VC++ Directories/Include Directories (click and edit, add a new entry)
3) Add a library directory for *.lib files:
-> project(on top bar)/properties/Configuration Properties/VC++ Directories/Library Directories (click and edit, add a new entry)
4) Link the lib's *.lib files
-> Configuration Properties/Linker/Input/Additional Dependencies (e.g.: library.lib;
5) Place *.dll files either:
-> in the directory you'll be opening your final executable from or into Windows/system32
In code level also, you could add your lib to the project using the compiler directives #pragma.
example:
#pragma comment( lib, "yourLibrary.lib" )
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