Building build-win64-mxe with msvc 2019 compiler

[makpatwardhan]

I have tied to build libvisp and build-win64-mxe msvc 2019 compiler but is not building with msvc 2019 compiler . I have downloaed the binaries but that binaries are compiled in mingw64 compiler so can you suggest how I can get the libvisp binaries in msvc2019 64 bit compiler

[kleisauke]

The prebuilt binaries provided by this repo can be used without any issues on MSVC. Here's a guide to do this in Visual Studio 2019:

1. Add the following include directories to Project properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories:

   C:\vips-dev-8.16\include
   C:\vips-dev-8.16\include\glib-2.0
   C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\glib-2.0\include
   

   (but separated by ; instead)

2. Add the following import library to Project properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies:

   C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\libvips.lib
   

   (again, ensuring it's separated by ;)

3. Remove the following unnecessary import libraries (separated by ;), just to be sure:

   kernel32.lib
   user32.lib
   gdi32.lib
   winspool.lib
   comdlg32.lib
   advapi32.lib
   shell32.lib
   ole32.lib
   oleaut32.lib
   uuid.lib
   odbc32.lib
   odbccp32.lib
   

4. Repeate these steps for all configurations/platforms, resulting in the following changes to the .vcxproj file:

   Details

   --- a/issue-71.vcxproj
   +++ b/issue-71.vcxproj
   @@ -88,10 +88,12 @@
          <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
          <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
          <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
   +      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\vips-dev-8.16\include;C:\vips-dev-8.16\include\glib-2.0;C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\glib-2.0\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
        </ClCompile>
        <Link>
          <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
          <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
   +      <AdditionalDependencies>C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\libvips.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
        </Link>
      </ItemDefinitionGroup>
      <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
   @@ -102,12 +104,14 @@
          <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
          <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
          <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
   +      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\vips-dev-8.16\include;C:\vips-dev-8.16\include\glib-2.0;C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\glib-2.0\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
        </ClCompile>
        <Link>
          <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
          <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
          <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
          <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
   +      <AdditionalDependencies>C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\libvips.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
        </Link>
      </ItemDefinitionGroup>
      <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
   @@ -116,10 +120,12 @@
          <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
          <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
          <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
   +      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\vips-dev-8.16\include;C:\vips-dev-8.16\include\glib-2.0;C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\glib-2.0\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
        </ClCompile>
        <Link>
          <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
          <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
   +      <AdditionalDependencies>C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\libvips.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
        </Link>
      </ItemDefinitionGroup>
      <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
   @@ -130,12 +136,14 @@
          <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
          <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
          <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
   +      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>C:\vips-dev-8.16\include;C:\vips-dev-8.16\include\glib-2.0;C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\glib-2.0\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
        </ClCompile>
        <Link>
          <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
          <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
          <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
          <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
   +      <AdditionalDependencies>C:\vips-dev-8.16\lib\libvips.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
        </Link>
      </ItemDefinitionGroup>
      <ItemGroup>