I cannot load a texture from a file (SFML c++)

Question

When I use the function .loadFromFile(), i get the following error:

undefined reference to `sf::Texture::loadFromFile(std::__cxx11::basic_string, std::allocator > const&, sf::Rect const&)'|

I have already tried different versions of SFML, and according to their website I'm using the correct one.

Here is my setup: codeblocks-17.12mingw-setup.exe => download for codeblocks SFML-2.4.2-windows-gcc-4.9.2-tdm-32-bit => SFML I am using

Here are my settings:

in the compiler tab

in the linker tab

The linking should be ok, as all the other SFML functions work. I have read that it could be because of SFML being compiled by a different compiler than mine? How can I check that? Is it something else that causes this problem?

here is the code :

#include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Audio.hpp>
#include <SFML/Network.hpp>
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>

using namespace sf;

int main () {

Texture texun;
    texun.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\j_hyl\\OneDrive\\Bureaublad\\Webdev\Apps\\Drive\\sprite.bmp");

return 0;
}

https://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.5.1/classsf_1_1Texture.php says the `sf::Texture` is part of the `graphics` module, do you link to that? — Zaiborg, Jul 23 '19 at 11:52
yes. You can't see it on the picture but yes i linked to it. I can use RectangleShape and it's methods for example, without any problem — pevhv, Jul 23 '19 at 12:40
As stated in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28994820/issue-with-linking-order-of-the-libraries the order of the linker input matters, can you try to move the graphics module down in the linker arguments? — Zaiborg, Jul 23 '19 at 12:46
Figured it out! Wrong SFML version (using 2.4.2 instead of 2.5.1). Thx for the help! — pevhv, Jul 23 '19 at 12:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '19 at 12:35

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you have to link to sfml-graphics.lib or if your configuration is debug you have to link with sfml-graphics-d.lib and you have to copy the sfml-graphics-2.dll and sfml-graphics-d-2.dll(if debugging conf.) to the folder where your executable is

answered Jul 23 '19 at 12:35

thakee nathees

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