fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Release\screen.lib'

[xFGhoul]

When Trying to buld my project, I get LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Release\screen.lib' whenever trying to build,

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)
project(WindowsRichPresence VERSION 0.1.0)

set(CPACK_PROJECT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
set(CPACK_PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})

set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})

# -- FETCH CPR --------------------------------------------------------------
set(CPR_BUILD_TESTS_SSL OFF)
set(CPR_BUILD_TESTS OFF)

include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(cpr GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libcpr/cpr.git GIT_TAG f4622efcb59d84071ae11404ae61bd821c1c344b) # the commit hash for 1.6.2
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cpr)

# -- FETCH FTXUI --------------------------------------------------------------
set(FETCHCONTENT_UPDATES_DISCONNECTED TRUE)
FetchContent_Declare(ftxui GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/ftxui GIT_TAG cecd54df42dd66fdf8386ed461e16b725bffc827)
 
FetchContent_GetProperties(ftxui)
if(NOT ftxui_POPULATED)
  FetchContent_Populate(ftxui)
  add_subdirectory(${ftxui_SOURCE_DIR} ${ftxui_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
endif()

add_executable(WindowsRichPresence main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(
    ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/RichPresence/libs/discord-rpc.lib" 
    PRIVATE cpr::cpr PRIVATE ftxui::screen PRIVATE ftxui::dom
    )

Build Process

[main] Building folder: WindowsRichPresence 
[build] Starting build
[proc] Executing command: "C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE" --build c:/Users/Ghoul/Documents/WindowsRichPresence/build --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -j 6 --
[build] Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.2+f32259642 for .NET Framework
[build] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
[build] 
[build]   Auto build dll exports
[build]   zlib.vcxproj -> C:\Users\Ghoul\Documents\WindowsRichPresence\build\Release\zlib.dll
[build]   Auto build dll exports
[build]   libcurl.vcxproj -> C:\Users\Ghoul\Documents\WindowsRichPresence\build\Release\libcurl.dll
[build]   Auto build dll exports
[build]   cpr.vcxproj -> C:\Users\Ghoul\Documents\WindowsRichPresence\build\Release\cpr.dll
[build]   screen.vcxproj -> C:\Users\Ghoul\Documents\WindowsRichPresence\build\Release\ftxui-screen.dll
[build] LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Release\screen.lib' [C:\Users\Ghoul\Documents\WindowsRichPresence\build\_deps\ftxui-build\dom.vcxproj]
[build] Build finished with exit code 1

[ArthurSonzogni]

That's dynamic libraries. You need either:

1. Build statically
2. Add the shared libraries in your path when executing it.

In the past, I was forcing users to build FTXUI statically. Then Gentoo users asked for the possibility to build shared libraries instead:
#223

The default on Linux is to build statically. On Windows, the default are to build dynamically.

In you case, you can build statically using:

set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)

[xFGhoul]

Ah yes this fixed my issue, thanks