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[hetra]

Hello all,

In a previous post, I asked for socket resources. I have many now, yet I can't figure out how to link libraries in VC++ Express 2010. I looked in Beej's Guide to Network Programming and in Winsock C++ Socket Programming Part One, yet the options aren't there in the menus to link libraries. Beej's Guide said that Projects>Settings>Link>Objects/Modules yet Settings isn't in the Projects tab. and the video uses Code::Blocks.

Any help would be good.

[hetra]

Never mind, I figured it out...lol

[mjaggard]

Hunter100 said:

Never mind, I figured it out...lol

Please don't be so annoying! How did you solve it? I'm googling to resolve the same issue and finding nothing useful.

[Ancient Dragon]

There are a couple ways to do it

• Use a pragma parama comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib")
  
• Use menu Projects --> Properties (last item in the list) --> Configuration Properties --> Linker --> Input
  Then on the right side add the libraries in the Additional Dependencies edit control. You may also have to add a new entriy to the Additional Libraries Path located in Linker --> General, but only if the library you want to add is not located within the compiler's install folder.

[mjaggard]

I've gone for the first one and it's working nicely. ;-)

I say working nicely, I mean that I've got past that problem and discovered a whole heap more, but at least my program compiles and links to an exe now.