using opencv with visual studio 2013

Question

I have opencv 2.4.6 installed to my machine and want to use it with visual studio 2013 which is also installed.

After doing regular configurations I faced with

1>opencv_core246d.lib(alloc.obj) : error LNK2038: mismatch detected for '_MSC_VER': value '1700' doesn't match value '1800' in main.obj

and many others similar to this error.

I find this question which is similar to my problem. The accepted answer says to me to change opencv but I couldnt find opencv for visual studio 2013. The second answer didn't help at all.

Is there any other way to solve this problem or should I change my visual studio to 2012 ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I was getting the same errors. Are you on a 64-bit machine? I solved the problem by following instructions for installing opencv for 64bit programs.

Check out this tutorial: http://www.anlak.com/using-opencv-2-4-x-with-visual-studio-2010-tutorial/

But it only works if you run the programs in release mode!

Answer 2

If you want to use VS2013 with OpenCV you need to use OpenCV 2.4.7.2 (or better). See http://opencv.org/opencv-2-4-7-2-for-windows-release.html

This release contains fixes and improvements mostly in OpenCL-related stuff ('ocl' module) and a fix for compilation with VS 2013.

Answer 3

In visual studio 2013, it should be possible to use the compiler & linker of VS2012 (VC11).
In Configuration Properties > General > Platform Tool Set , do you have v110 in the drop down list? If yes, select it and your executable will be compiled and linked using the tools of VS2012