Installing Magick++ in Visual C++ 2010

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I have recently installed ImageMagick libraries for C++. I have no prior experience with C++ GUI but I'm very good in C++ command line programming.

I have installed ImageMagick in Windows through an .exe file and copied libraries and header files to C++ but whenever I try to run any demo program I am consistently getting this error:

1>------ Build started: Project: Sufiyan, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __thiscall Magick::Image::~Image(void)" (__imp_??1Image@Magick@@UAE@XZ) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __thiscall Magick::Image::write(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (__imp_?write@Image@Magick@@QAEXABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __thiscall Magick::Image::pixelColor(long,long,class Magick::Color const &)" (__imp_?pixelColor@Image@Magick@@QAEXJJABVColor@2@@Z) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __thiscall Magick::Color::~Color(void)" (__imp_??1Color@Magick@@UAE@XZ) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __thiscall Magick::Geometry::~Geometry(void)" (__imp_??1Geometry@Magick@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __thiscall Magick::Image::Image(class Magick::Geometry const &,class Magick::Color const &)" (__imp_??0Image@Magick@@QAE@ABVGeometry@1@ABVColor@1@@Z) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __thiscall Magick::Geometry::Geometry(char const *)" (__imp_??0Geometry@Magick@@QAE@PBD@Z) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __thiscall Magick::Color::Color(char const *)" (__imp_??0Color@Magick@@QAE@PBD@Z) referenced in function _main
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) void __cdecl Magick::InitializeMagick(char const *)" (__imp_?InitializeMagick@Magick@@YAXPBD@Z) referenced in function _main
1>MSVCRTD.lib(crtexew.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup
1>C:\Users\Z-Axis\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\Sufiyan\Debug\Sufiyan.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 10 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

These are my laptop Specs:

• Windows 7 64 bit.
• Visual C++ 2010 Express x86
• ImageMagick x86

This is how I tried installing it:

1. Installed Visual C++ 2010 Express
2. Installed ImageMagick
3. Copy ImageMagick Lib and Includes in Visual C++ 2010
4. Selected Win32 -> Windows -> Empty project (didn't work)
5. Selected Win32 -> DLL (didn't work)
6. Selected Win32 -> Static (didn't work)

but when I run any code it gives the error mentioned above.

Someone has suggested this solution:

You need a starting point, go to
c:\\Program Files\\ImageMagick-6.8.1-Q16\\Magick++_demos.
Click on the button workspace, build, and run.
Assuming that's successful, use the button workspace as a template for your own custom code.

I've tried this too, dozens of times, and am continuously getting this error:

The Project must be Converted to current Visual C++ project format.
After it has been converted you will not be able to edit this project in previous version of visual studio. Convert and open this project ?

When I click Yes nothing happens, nothing shows on the screen - blank Visual C++ screen with no project open.

I desperately want to know: What is causing this error and why even the demo programs are not working?

Answer 1

Try to build ImageMagick yourself, the problem may come form the different version of compiler.

Follow the directions in Advanced windows installation of ImageMagick . At end of the above page, there is a solution of link error, make sure you have set the preprocessor. I just followed it to build a project successfully.