Visual C++ Project from Scratch

As we transition to Discourse, this is a response in reply to this post made in the old Zoho forum.

To configure a Visual C++ project from scratch (without using TinderBox) you’ll need to adjust the following settings:

General

Character Set: Use Unicode Character Set

C/C++ | General

Additional Include Directories: *Cinder Path*\include

C/C++ | Preprocessor

Preprocessor Definitions: _WIN32_WINNT=0x0601, NOMINMAX

C/C++ | Code Generation

Runtime Library: Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd)

Linker | General

Additional Library Directories: *Cinder Path*\lib\msw\$(PlatformTarget)

Linker | Input

Additional Dependencies: cinder-$(PlatformToolset)_d.lib;OpenGL32.lib

Resources | General

Additional Include Directories: *Cinder Path*\include

-Andrew

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Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the very helpful response. This helps a great deal. I will be sure to use the new forum from now on!

Regards,

Dave