panda under VC2005 linking failed...

Compiling or Editing the Panda Source
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I built panda 1.4.2 using VC2005 (I have known that, panda3D support VC8)
I tried to use Starting Panda3D
and compile in release mode

this was an linked error

------ Build started: Project: panda, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
Linking...
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall PandaFramework::main_loop(void)" (?main_loop@PandaFramework@@QAEXXZ)
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class WindowFramework * __thiscall PandaFramework::open_window(void)" (?open_window@PandaFramework@@QAEPAVWindowFramework@@XZ)
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall PandaFramework::close_framework(void)" (?close_framework@PandaFramework@@QAEXXZ)
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall PandaFramework::open_framework(int &,char * * &)" (?open_framework@PandaFramework@@QAEXAAHAAPAPAD@Z)
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall PandaFramework::~PandaFramework(void)" (??1PandaFramework@@UAE@XZ)
panda.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall PandaFramework::PandaFramework(void)" (??0PandaFramework@@QAE@XZ)
MSVCRT.lib(crtexew.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\panda\Release\panda.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 7 unresolved externals
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\panda\panda\Release\BuildLog.htm"
panda - 8 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Thank you for answering
ProphecyX…

2

You will need to link to the appropriate libraries in Project Settings, under Linker settings. You need to set the library path(s), and the library names.

3

I think so, but
in the directory of Panda3D 1.4.2 (or later than 1.4.0)

there are no library has been show in directory path below:

$PANDADIR\thirdparty\win-libs-vc7\nspr\lib

Can you give me more answer??
Thank you

4

Its Okay, I can capture the beast.
I have loaded a complete VS8 project (just a simple way)
http://www.panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Using_Microsoft_Visual_Studio
then I have looked import syntax, there are

..\..\include
..\..\thirdparty\win-python\include
..\..\thirdparty\win-libs-vc7\nspr\include

there are vc7 , I don’t know why?

Last, how can I find the menual, and where is the menual for C++

Im just beginer ,

thank you
Prophecyx

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You will need to download the thirdparty package from the downloads section here. (look under “Panda3D Source, Piecewise: 2 of 3
Third-party Tools (Windows)”) It will contain the thirdparty directory with the win-libs-vc8 libs. Yes, the manual page is outdated and it talks about vc7, sorry about that.
Manual is here, and c++ stuff is scattered over it, though its not much.
panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Main_page

You might want to look at the Roaming Ralph in c++ sample as well:
discourse.panda3d.org/viewtopic.php?t=3433