[SOLVED] v16.12 compilation errors on win10 VS2013

[ruiliang]

Hi,
I am trying to build the latest stable 16.12 verson.
I believe i have followed your compilation steps one by one (I am using win10 x64, VS Express 2013, Cmake3.4.1, Qt5.5.1, Boost1.60.0.)
But the build log has the following errors.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance!

Error	44	error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘cstringt.h’: No such file or directory C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\src\SofaKernel\framework\sofa\helper\system\FileMonitor_windows.cpp 40	1	SofaHelper
Error	52	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaHelper.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaFramework\SofaDefaultType\LINK SofaDefaultType
Error	294	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaDefaultType.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaFramework\SofaCore\LINK SofaCore
Error	369	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\lib\Release\SofaCore.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaAdvanced\SofaEulerianFluid\LINK SofaEulerianFluid
Error	554	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaCore.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaFramework\SofaSimulationCore\LINK SofaSimulationCore
Error	597	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaSimulationCore.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaSimulation\SofaSimulationCommon\LINK SofaSimulationCommon
Error	848	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaSimulationCommon.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaCommon\SofaEngine\LINK SofaEngine
Error	859	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaSimulationCommon.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaSimulation\SofaSimulationTree\LINK SofaSimulationTree
Error	870	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\lib\Release\SofaSimulationCommon.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaGeneral\SofaGeneralAnimationLoop\LINK SofaGeneralAnimationLoop
Error	871	error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaSimulationCommon.lib’ C:\Users\Ruiliang\Academics\SOFA\SofaSrc_1612\sofa\v16.12\build\SofaKernel\SofaSimulation\SofaSimulationGraph\LINK SofaSimulationGraph

[ruiliang]

Hi,
I have resolved this myself. It is because my VS2013 Express doesn’t have MFC(where cstringt.h is defined). I have installed a new VS and now it works.

[Lujain]

Hi ruiliang,

I also came accross the problem that you have solved, as infromation follows：

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Error	LNK1181	cannot open input file '..\..\..\lib\Release\SofaHelper.lib'	SofaDefaultType	J:\SOFA16.12\sofa-16.12\sofabuild\SofaKernel\SofaFramework\SofaDefaultType\LINK	1	
Error	C2181	illegal else without matching if (compiling source file J:\SOFA16.12\sofa-16.12\sofasrc\SofaKernel\framework\sofa\helper\Quater.cpp)	SofaHelper	j:\sofa16.12\sofa-16.12\sofasrc\sofakernel\framework\sofa\helper\Quater.inl	490	
Error	C2181	illegal else without matching if (compiling source file J:\SOFA16.12\sofa-16.12\sofasrc\SofaKernel\framework\sofa\helper\Quater.cpp)	SofaHelper	j:\sofa16.12\sofa-16.12\sofasrc\sofakernel\framework\sofa\helper\Quater.inl	524	

I didnt solve the problem using the method you have mentioned. Can you help?
Thanks in advance.

[ruiliang]

Hi Lujain,
I am not sure about your errors.
For the LNK error, I can only suggest checking if you have all the dependencies on your machine correctly linked.

–Ruiliang

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