Using C::B with VS 2005 under Vista

[foahchon]

Hi, I'm running under Windows Vista, and after I read some users were having trouble using GCC under Vista, I decided to download the VS 2005 Express compiler and give that a shot instead. After I downloaded VS 2005 Express, I downloaded and installed C::B, and configured it so that it used VS 2005 as the default compiler. I used the wizard to create a basic console application as a test, and this is what I got in my build log:

Code

-------------- Build: Debug in Blah ---------------
Linking console executable: .\Blah.exe
LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBCMT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
libcpmtd.lib(cout.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __CrtDbgReportW referenced in function "public: char const & __thiscall std::_String_const_iterator<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >::operator*(void)const " (??D?$_String_const_iterator@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QBEABDXZ)
libcpmtd.lib(stdthrow.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CrtDbgReportW
libcpmtd.lib(xdebug.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __malloc_dbg referenced in function "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned int,struct std::_DebugHeapTag_t const &,char *,int)" (??2@YAPAXIABU_DebugHeapTag_t@std@@PADH@Z)
libcpmtd.lib(xdebug.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __free_dbg referenced in function "void __cdecl operator delete(void *,struct std::_DebugHeapTag_t const &,char *,int)" (??3@YAXPAXABU_DebugHeapTag_t@std@@PADH@Z)
libcpmtd.lib(_tolower.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __calloc_dbg referenced in function __Getctype
.\Blah.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
Process terminated with status 1120 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
6 errors, 1 warnings

I tried the compiler's suggestion, and added "/NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT" to the linker's options, which produced this in the build log:

Code

-------------- Build: Debug in Blah ---------------
Linking console executable: .\Blah.exe
libcpmtd.lib(xmutex.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
libcpmtd.lib(ios.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
libcpmtd.lib(locale0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
libcpmtd.lib(iosptrs.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8 referenced in function "public: char * __cdecl std::_DebugHeapAllocator<char>::allocate(unsigned int,void const *)" (?allocate@?$_DebugHeapAllocator@D@std@@QAAPADIPBX@Z)
libcpmtd.lib(cout.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
libcpmtd.lib(xdebug.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8
libcpmtd.lib(string.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __CxxThrowException@8

...and on and on and on...there about fifty errors it lists, but says there are more.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[stahta01]

Are you using VS 2005 with the latest SP?

MS normally releases patches to get everything working on the newest OS.

Edit: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6366078

Tim S 

[TDragon]

I used the wizard to create a basic console application as a test, and this is what I got in my build log:
...
I tried the compiler's suggestion, and added "/NODEFAULTLIB:LIBCMT" to the linker's options, which produced this in the build log:...
Any suggestions? Thanks.

The compiler's suggestion is not a good one in this case. The correct fix is to open your project's Build options and, for the debug target, select the "Multi-threaded Debug Runtime Library [/MTd]" option near the bottom of the Compiler Flags list, and rebuild.

It would probably be a good idea for one of the devs with Visual C++ 2005 installed to go through and update all the wizards to make sure they work appropriately.

[foahchon]

That did the trick. Thanks.

[Biplab]

It would probably be a good idea for one of the devs with Visual C++ 2005 installed to go through and update all the wizards to make sure they work appropriately.

Console wizard has got problems with VC05. I had fixed this issue but wanted to make the wizard more interactive (regarding selection of runtime libraries) and I didn't commit that one.

Anyway I'll put it today so that with next nightly this problem gets fixed.

Regards,

Biplab

[Biplab]

MSVC 8 support has been improved for Console wizard and other improvements have been made to wizard. It's in revision 3683.