Use Libusb in Visual Studio 2013

Question

I'm using VS2013 on Windows 7 64bit , I have read this topic http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/148707-introduction-to-using-libusb-10/page__hl__USB
and try to compile it on VS2013 , but I having problem.
Here is compile error message:

Error   12  error LNK1120: 8 unresolved externals   C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\Debug\LIBUSB.exe LIBUSB

Error   4   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_init@4 referenced in function _wmain  C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   5   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_exit@4 referenced in function _wmain  C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   6   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_set_debug@8 referenced in function _wmain C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   7   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_get_device_list@8 referenced in function _wmain   C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB
Error   8   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_free_device_list@8 referenced in function _wmain  C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   9   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_get_device_descriptor@8 referenced in function "void __cdecl printdev(struct libusb_device *)" (?printdev@@YAXPAUlibusb_device@@@Z)   C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   10  error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_get_config_descriptor@12 referenced in function "void __cdecl printdev(struct libusb_device *)" (?printdev@@YAXPAUlibusb_device@@@Z)  C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB

Error   11  error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _libusb_free_config_descriptor@4 referenced in function "void __cdecl printdev(struct libusb_device *)" (?printdev@@YAXPAUlibusb_device@@@Z)  C:\Users\HoangNam\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\LIBUSB\LIBUSB\LIBUSB.obj    LIBUSB  

I think I need link usblib to my project but I don't know how to do that.
Pls help me :(

Answer 1

Solution must be opened from msvc folder and built. Then there will be .lib & .dll files you need. Copy them to project folder and add like Andro said. It works.