Using boost test with Visual Studio

Question

I am trying to use Boost Test to add some much needed unit tests to my code. However I can't seem to get it to work. Right now I have the following code

#include <Drawing.h>
#define BOOST_AUTO_TEST_MAIN
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE DrawingModelTests
#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(DrawingModelTests)

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE ( DrawingConstructorTest)
{
    Drawing * drawing = new Drawing;

    delete drawing;
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()

From what I understand I don't need to put a main or anything since boost will take care of it himself. However Visual Studio keep giving me a "entry point must be defined" error. Do I need to manually add a link to the static library or something? I am compiling as a standard .exe console application.

Answer 1

Add /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE to the linker flags. In the project settings, this is on the Linker->System page. You can use boost as either dynamic or static library.