Add Library to Visual Studio 2008 C++ Project

Question

I'm completely new to Visual Studio and I'm having some trouble getting a project started with Visual Studio 2008. I'm experimenting with MAPI, and I'm getting error messages like this when I go to build the project:

"unresolved external symbol _MAPIUninitialize@0 referenced in function _main"

I know I need to link to MAPI32.lib, but the guides I have found thus far have indicated going to the "Visual Studio settings link tab" and adding it there (which was - apparently - from an older version of Visual Studio). I can't find anything like that in the project properties linker or C/C++ sections of VS 2008.

Where do I need to tell Visual Studio to use that library?

Thanks

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '09 at 23:36

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It's under Project Properties / Configuration Properties / Linker / Input / Additional Dependencies.

The help tip at the bottom of the screen says "Specifies additional items add to the line line (ex: kernel32.lib)".

answered Jul 11 '09 at 23:36

RichieHindle

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Wow, M$ really buried this setting. You'd think they would make it a little easier. At first glance it seems like the Add References link would work, but no. This answer is very useful. Thanks! – Jim Fell Oct 27 '10 at 14:06
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For anyone who also needs to know how to set the library path -- it's Project Properties / Configuration Proerties / Linker / General / Additional Library Directories – Tim Barrass Aug 02 '11 at 13:37

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 23 '12 at 15:03

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Project Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies

You can also use #pragma comment( lib, "mapi32" ) in one of your source files. As noted MSDN here is a similar library addition using the pragma technique MSDN - Creating a Basic Winsock Application

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")

int main() {
  return 0;
}

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answered Jul 11 '09 at 23:35

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 05 '12 at 06:33

Three simple steps:

Project Properties->Linker->General->Additional Library Directories choose the folder which contains your .lib file

2.Project Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies Just enter the name of your .lib files

3.Project Properties->C/C++->General->Additional Include Directories choose the folder where your .h files locate

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 12 '09 at 08:22

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It is also possible to just drag'n'drop library file to project in Solution Explorer.

answered Jul 12 '09 at 08:22

Virne

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '12 at 16:23

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Do not statically link to any MAPI dlls. You must always dynamically load the MAPI system - look at the MFCMAPI source code to see how it is done: http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com/

answered Aug 05 '12 at 16:23

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