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Hi Experts,
I'm using Visual Studio 2010.  Having problems converting a project.  I'm getting the following linker error:

1>------ Build started: Project: KKGActivation, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Build started 16/11/2010 11:41:55 AM.
1>InitializeBuildStatus:
1>  Touching "Debug\KKGActivation.unsuccessfulbuild".
1>ClCompile:
1>  All outputs are up-to-date.
1>SecurityHelper.lib(Fingerprint.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static __int64 __cdecl Poco::StreamCopier::copyStream(class std::basic_istream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > &,class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > &,unsigned int)" (__imp_?copyStream@StreamCopier@Poco@@SA_JAAV?$basic_istream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@AAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@4@I@Z) referenced in function "public: static class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > __cdecl CFingerprint::GetFingerprint(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)" (?GetFingerprint@CFingerprint@@SA?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V23@@Z)
1>C:\devlio2008\OpenGLGraph\KneeKG\Debug\Debug\\KKGActivation.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals


As you can see, it's referencing the SecurityHelper.lib and cannot find Poco::StreamCopier::CopyStream.  I do have this library referenced in the KKGActivation project as an included library as well as in SecurityHelper.  What am I missing??

Thanks,
Mike
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8/22/2022 - Mon
jkr

You seem to be using Poco (http://poco.sourcearchive.com/documentation/1.3.5/classPoco_1_1StreamCopier.html) without linking to the library - download it from http://pocoproject.org/download/index.html and build it, then add the library to your project.
thready

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Poco is built and I am linking to the library.  The files exist in their location - moreover, SecurityHelper is a static library that itself links to Poco and builds properly. However, when I try to build KKGActivation, it seems that all of a sudden SecurityHelper cannot find the library it needs to build (even though it's already built!)

I don't get it...
HooKooDooKu

Do you have the setting for "Additional Library Directories" set?
If not, add the path for the library to this setting so that the compiler can find the library file.
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fblack61
thready

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Unfortunately that's set as well...  
thready

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I think it's because I built the Poco libraries with VS2008.  There's no build for Poco on VS2010 yet either.  Am I up poop creek?
logic_chopper

I've had this problem before, the solution can be found on the Microsoft web site, have a look at, "To Export a Class Containing a Data Member that Is an STL Object".  I mention this because I see your linker error include a reference to STL basic_string.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168958

Here is an example fix:

// top of header
#ifdef BUILD_DLL
#define EXPORT_TEMP
#else
#define EXPORT_TEMP extern
#endif

template <class T>
class SomeClass
{
};

// and then add this at the bottom of the header
EXPORT_TEMP template class SomeClass<SomeType>;
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Needed the most current build of Poco