SFML tutorial 1: thread problems - multithreading

Question

Hi so i am using msVS++2010 and have been attempting to set up SFML all day....
I downloaded 1.6 from the site, then rebuilt it in VS2010, but sad to find that this did not result in a sfml-system-d.lib file, which is what i am used to using, and only produced new system-s and system-s-d libs.
I then closely watched this Video to find that he ran his test code by adding the external lib of sfml-system-s-d and so i added the sfml-system-d.dll next the .exe and got the following exact same code the video showed to work:
#include <iostream>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
sf::Clock clock;
sf::Sleep(0.1f);
while(clock.GetElapsedTime() < 5.0f)
{
std::cout << clock.GetElapsedTime() << std::endl;
sf::Sleep(0.5f);
}
}
obviously clock and sleep are working, but when i add the simple line of code 'sf::Thread thread();' an error box pops up saying "unable to start program," "configuration is incorrect," "Review the manifest file for possible errors," "renstalling my fix it."
Also: when trying to run the first program of the tutorials regarding threads:
#include <SFML/System.hpp>
#include <iostream>
void ThreadFunction(void* UserData)
{
// Print something...
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
std::cout << "I'm the thread number 1" << std::endl;
}
int main()
{
// Create a thread with our function
sf::Thread Thread(&ThreadFunction);
// Start it !
Thread.Launch();
// Print something...
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
std::cout << "I'm the main thread" << std::endl;
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
I get 8 unresovled external symbols like this one:
1>sfml-system-s-d.lib(Thread.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: int __thiscall std::ios_base::width(int)" (__imp_?width#ios_base#std##QAEHH#Z)
fatal error LNK1120: 8 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
Lastly this is how my project is set up:
include directory to out of the box, freshly downloaded SFML 1.6/include
lib directory to the VS2010 rebuilt SFML (debug/release DLL setting, and static).
extra dependency on sfml-system-s-d.lib file.
out of frusteration i placed every dll file next to the .exe

Answer 1

It sounds like you might not be linking to the CRT when building SFML. (ios_width is iostream, which requires the CRT library.)
You need to rebuild SFML, except this time do the following:
0. copy this list of libs
kernel32.lib
user32.lib
gdi32.lib
winspool.lib
comdlg32.lib
advapi32.lib
shell32.lib
ole32.lib
oleaut32.lib
uuid.lib
odbc32.lib
odbccp32.lib
go into each
individual Project's Properties ->
Configuration -> Linker -> Input.
or if it doesn't have 'Linker' go
into Properties -> Configuration ->
Librarian.
Set "Ignore Default Libraries" to
"no" and it will probably work
If you wanna be 100% safe, click on additional dependencies, expand it, and click "edit." now just paste in the libs above
If your in the 'librarian' tab, set
Link Library Dependencies to YES
repeat steps 1-4 each time you
change the build setting of Debug
DLL, Debug static, etc.
When I recompiled SFML (granted, I have a static compile because 1.6 is the last of the 1.x line, and 2.0 isn't compatible ;)) I had to add those references. It will ignore (and 'warn' about ignoring) anything it doesn't need, but they are the defaults ;)
Unfortunately you'll need to update everything in the SFML solution, as, if I recall correctly, they are all missing the default libraries.