I'm using libcurl and am getting the following sort of linker errors in VC++ 10.
1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__curl_easy_strerror referenced in function "class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > __cdecl curl_httpget(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (?curl_httpget@@YA?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@ABV12@@Z)
How can I get rid of that imp prefix in front of the function name? I am linking to the right lib, right path etc.
The __imp__
prefix appears whenever you are linking to a DLL. It does not appear when linking to statically linked libraries. Most likely the code is generated to be linked against a DLL import lib, but you have linked it with a static lib instead.
The prefix is added when you mark the imported function with __declspec(dllimport)
- make sure your imports are not using this when not linking against a DLL.
You have to add CURL_STATICLIB to Preprocessor Definitions at the properties of your projects in MSVC
You are using a header file that defines the function prototype with the specifier evaluating to __declspec(dllimport)
You need to either redefine the statement that is evaluating to this (set it to nothing), or use a different header file altogether.
Typically you'll see code like this:
#ifdef FOO_EXPORTS
#define DLLSPEC __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define DLLSPEC __declspec(dllimport)
#endif
...
DLLSPEC bool foo(int bar);
Compiling the project with FOO_EXPORTS defined will use one mode and without it will use the other.
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