Re: gtkmm and libglademm under MSVC.NET

[Cedric Gustin <cedric gustin swing be>]

Clyde Mallon wrote:
> Hi
>
> I actually put a posting up regarding this topic a while ago. I never
> got any feedback, but I now have a different problem: I have gtkmm
> working using MSVC and can bring up a basic blank window. When I try
> load an interface from a file using these lines:
>
> Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml> refXml;
> refXml = Gnome::Glade::Xml::create("basic.glade");
>
> I get the following linking errors:
>
> Linking...
> LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'MSVCRT' conflicts with use of other
> libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
> libglademm.lib(xml.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _glade_xml_construct referenced in function "protected: __thiscall
> Gnome::Glade::Xml::Xml(class std::basic_string<char,struct
> std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &,class
> Glib::ustring const &,class Glib::ustring const &)"
> (??0Xml Glade@Gnome@@IAE ABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits D@std@@V?$all
> ocator D@2@@std@@ABVustring Glib@@1 Z)
> libglademm.lib(xml.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _glade_xml_new_from_buffer referenced in function "protected: __thiscall
> Gnome::Glade::Xml::Xml(char const *,int,class Glib::ustring const
> &,class Glib::ustring const &)"
> (??0Xml Glade@Gnome@@IAE PBDHABVustring@Glib@@1 Z)
>
> I chopped a few out...
>
> libglademm.lib(xml.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _glade_get_widget_tree referenced in function "public: static class
> Glib::RefPtr<class Gnome::Glade::Xml> __cdecl
> Gnome::Glade::Xml::get_widget_tree(class Gtk::Widget &)"
> (?get_widget_tree Xml@Glade Gnome@@SA?AV?$RefPtr VXml@Glade Gnome@@@Glib
> @@AAVWidget Gtk@@@Z)
> Debug/Basic.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 9 unresolved externals
>
> The thing is I had to make the libglademm.lib file myself because there
> doesn't seem to be any support for MSVC. What am I doing wrong here? It
> looks like I'm using the wrong header file or something, but the one I'm
> including is the one that correlates to my .lib file. 

Try to select the "Multithreaded Debug DLL" as runtime library in your 
project C/C++ properties (Code generation). You should also enable RTTI.

You might also want to have a look at this bugzilla entry

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158040

I don't think MSVC is a stable option for gtkmm right now...

Cedric