Linking boost library to c++ project

Question

I wanna use MySQL Connector/C++ in Visual Studio. So i read I need Boost library. I got that library and build it as explained in tutorial. I set include directories in Visual Studio to point to Boost include folder, and also set Additional Library Directories to point to boost_1_54_0\\stage\\lib , but which lib file should I include in Additional Dependencies? I can see that library for smart pointers is used but I cant find which lib file is that?

Answer 1

If you are only going to build with Visual Studio, boost supports auto-linking. As long as the compiler can find the libraries that are not header only, boost should take care of this for you. More information can be found here: Boost Auto Linking