Getting LibCurl to work with Visual Studio 2013

Question

I am having trouble getting LibCurl to work with Visual Studio 2013. I downloaded the current version (curl-7.33.0) and tried following the instructions I found on this site: Using LibCurl with Visual 2010

But I can't find curllib.lib in the folder I downloaded. And I am still getting errors: enter image description here

After searching the internet for more help. I now get these error messages. There appears to be a problem with linking to libcurl.lib?

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This is what I have configured: enter image description here

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Inside /lib I have libcurl.lib and libcurl.dll

UPDATE

I downloaded this release for Win32 MSVC: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html#Win32 After adding the libcurl libraries and successfully compiling, I am now getting this error message:

 The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.

Here is the sample code I am trying to run:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h> 
#include <curl/curl.h> 


int main(void)
{
    CURL *curl;
    CURLcode res;

    curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (curl) {
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://google.com");
        res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

        /* always cleanup */
        curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    }
    return 0;
}

FINAL UPDATE

I believe I have gotten LibCurl to work with Visual Studio 2013 now. Persistence ftw! Although, after spending hours trying to solve these error messages, I am a little hesitant at saying everything is working fine now. That is why I am putting a bounty on this question to get clear and concise instructions on getting LibCurl to work with Visual Studio 2013.

This is what I did to get it to work:

First, download the Win32 MSVC package here: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html#Win32 For these instructions sake, let's say you downloaded to C:\LibCurl
Start a new project in Visual Studio. Go to Project|Project Properties|VC++ Directories|Include Directories| Add the path to the include directory inside the downloaded package. (C:\LibCurl\include)
Next, go to Project|Project Properties|Linker|General|Additional Library Directories| Add the path to the lib directory. (Where curllib.dll is located)
Then, go to Project|Project Properties|Linker|Input|Additional Dependencies| And add curllib.lib
Now if you compile a test program, you will likely get the message saying libsasl.dll is missing. You will need to download this file and put it in the same directory as your build. I used 7-Zip to extract libsasl.dll from OpenLDAP for Windows. OpenLDAP for Windows

This is the result of my test code from above: enter image description here

I am so tired. If anyone cares to edit my instructions to make it clear, please do. I'm just happy to get libcurl to work. — Quaxton Hale
Thank you for posted final conclusion on how to get it work with Visual Studio 2013. :) — Mohd Shahril
The irony. I don't even use Windows anymore, at least not now. — Quaxton Hale
Looks like unbelievable, but I get this working at first install try! it doesn't happen too often. — The Mask
Thank you for sharing your solution. I downloaded "libsasl.dll" at this address instead: "dlldb.com/libsasl-dll" so that I didn't have to install "OpenLDAP for Windows". — Léa Massiot

Michał Michał · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29T21:41:10

I would say that in a comment, but I am lacking in points. You don't have to copy any .dll into your program run catalog. Go to Project | Properties | Configuration Properties and in line Envrionment write: PATH=$(ExecutablePath)$(LocalDebuggerEnvironment).

From now on, all .dlls from any catalog you mention in Project|Project Properties|VC++ Directories|Binary should be usable without copying them.

The rest is exactly as you written.

Getting LibCurl to work with Visual Studio 2013

10 Answers

A. Build libcurl static library

B. Link Against libcurl in Visual Studio

C. Call libcurl from Your Project