[PD] externals tutorial: link error

[Elliott Slaughter]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Martin <martin.peach at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On 18/02/11 02:39 PM, Elliott Slaughter wrote:
>
>> I'm getting a link error when following the counter tutorial from the
>> following page:
>>
>> http://pdstatic.iem.at/externals-HOWTO/node4.html
>>
>> 2>counter.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _s_float
>> 2>C:\Users\Elliott\...\externals\build\Debug\counter.dll : fatal error
>> LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
>>
>>
> I think it's because you need to define MSW in the preprocessor defines
> section so that "EXPORT" in m_pd.h is replaced by "__declspec(dllimport)".
> Otherwise it's just "extern" and the linker can't find it.
> Another way to avoid that error is to replace any ocurrence of &s_float
> with gensym("float") but then you'll probably run into more trouble down the
> line.


Thanks. The MSW fix worked. Funny that m_pd.h can't figure that out
automatically....

-- 
Elliott Slaughter

"Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict
the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
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