Building VTK in Visual studio 2008 Windows 64 bit

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I built and configured VTK using cmake in visual studio according to the link below:

http://vtkblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/install-build-vtk-from-source-in-visual.html

But I get linking errors as below:

1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera * __cdecl vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera::New(void)" (?New@vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall vtkRenderWindowInteractor::SetRenderWindow(class vtkRenderWindow *)" (?SetRenderWindow@vtkRenderWindowInteractor@@QAEXPAVvtkRenderWindow@@@Z) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkRenderWindowInteractor * __cdecl vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New(void)" (?New@vtkRenderWindowInteractor@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkRenderWindow * __cdecl vtkRenderWindow::New(void)" (?New@vtkRenderWindow@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall vtkRenderer::AddActor(class vtkProp *)" (?AddActor@vtkRenderer@@QAEXPAVvtkProp@@@Z) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkRenderer * __cdecl vtkRenderer::New(void)" (?New@vtkRenderer@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkActor * __cdecl vtkActor::New(void)" (?New@vtkActor@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkPolyDataMapper * __cdecl vtkPolyDataMapper::New(void)" (?New@vtkPolyDataMapper@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: static class vtkConeSource * __cdecl vtkConeSource::New(void)" (?New@vtkConeSource@@SAPAV1@XZ) referenced in function _main 1>vtk_minimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class vtkAlgorithmOutput * __thiscall vtkAlgorithm::GetOutputPort(int)" (?GetOutputPort@vtkAlgorithm@@QAEPAVvtkAlgorithmOutput@@H@Z) referenced in function "public: class vtkAlgorithmOutput * __thiscall vtkAlgorithm::GetOutputPort(void)" (?GetOutputPort@vtkAlgorithm@@QAEPAVvtkAlgorithmOutput@@XZ) 1>Debug/../bin/vtk_minimal_d.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 10 unresolved externals

Please help me.

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visual-studio-2008vtk
Are you sure that you specified the VTK libraries in the Linker -> Input -> "Additional Dependencies" property? – Cody Gray♦
I have included vtk in library and include sections in Tools->options->VC++ directories. How do I add it to Additional dependancies? Do I have to add all the libs? – gishara
You have to tell the linker where to find the definitions of the functions that you're calling. I told you where to find the setting. Look in your project's Properties. – Cody Gray♦
Thanks Cody Gray. I added all the libs, but stil getting the error. :( – gishara
Check your calling conventions then. Make sure that you're not compiling the project with the /Gz switch or explicitly specifying a different calling convention for the functions provided by the library. The error message that you posted appears to indicate that the functions are declared __cdecl. – Cody Gray♦

1 Answers

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You should be using CMake to configure VTK before building. Here are some instructions: http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows