[Boost-users] Newbie Issues linking Boost Unit Test Framework

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hey there... I recently downloaded, built, and installed Boost 1.32. I am attempting to use the Boost Unit Test Framework but am running into difficulties figuring out which lib to link to. I am compiling with MS VC++ 7.1. The headers appear to be discovered as they should be, but the linker is failing to find the correct lib. I have tried many of the libs which were created by the build, but these all create more errors (typically to do with redefinitions of std:: functions). At this point I am only trying to compile the example code supplied on the projects web site. some of the libs I tried: libboost_prg_exec_monitor-vc71-mt-1_32.lib libboost_test_exec_monitor-vc71-mt-1_32.lib libboost_unit_test_framework-vc71-mt-1_32.lib some articles I found online advised turning on mutithreading in the compiler properities, enabling run time type identification, and setting exceptions to /EHa I've done all of this but nothing is working, it really just looks like a linker problem. Thanks for any help Dave - ------------------------- linking errors: Linking... main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl boost::test_tools::tt_detail::test_and_continue_impl(bool,class boost::basic_wrap_stringstream<char> &,class boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const >,unsigned int,bool,enum boost::unit_test::log_level)" (?test_and_continue_impl@tt_detail@test_tools@boost@@YA_N_NAAV?$basic_ wrap_stringstream@D@3@V?$basic_cstring@$$CBD@unit_test@3@I0W4log_level @63@@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl free_test_function(void)" (?free_test_function@@YAXXZ) main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall boost::unit_test::test_suite::add(class boost::unit_test::test_case *,unsigned long,int)" (?add@test_suite@unit_test@boost@@QAEXPAVtest_case@23@KH@Z) referenced in function "class boost::unit_test::test_suite * __cdecl init_unit_test_suite(int,char * * const)" (?init_unit_test_suite@@YAPAVtest_suite@unit_test@boost@@HQAPAD@Z) main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall boost::unit_test::test_suite::test_suite(class boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const >)" (??0test_suite@unit_test@boost@@QAE@V?$basic_cstring@$$CBD@12@@Z) referenced in function "class boost::unit_test::test_suite * __cdecl init_unit_test_suite(int,char * * const)" (?init_unit_test_suite@@YAPAVtest_suite@unit_test@boost@@HQAPAD@Z) main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class std::basic_string const & __cdecl boost::unit_test::ut_detail::normalize_test_case_name(class std::basic_string &)" (?normalize_test_case_name@ut_detail@unit_test@boost@@YAABV?$basic_str ing@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AAV45@@Z) referenced in function "class boost::unit_test::test_case * __cdecl boost::unit_test::create_test_case(void (__cdecl*)(void),class std::basic_string)" (?create_test_case@unit_test@boost@@YAPAVtest_case@12@P6AXXZV?$basic_s tring@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z) main.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual unsigned long __thiscall boost::unit_test::test_case::size(void)const " (?size@test_case@unit_test@boost@@UBEKXZ) main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "protected: __thiscall boost::unit_test::test_case::test_case(class boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const >,bool,unsigned long,bool)" (??0test_case@unit_test@boost@@IAE@V?$basic_cstring@$$CBD@12@_NK1@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall boost::unit_test::function_test_case::function_test_case(void (__cdecl*)(void),class boost::unit_test::basic_cstring<char const >)" (??0function_test_case@unit_test@boost@@QAE@P6AXXZV?$basic_cstring@$$C BD@12@@Z) libcpmtd.lib(xdebug.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __malloc_dbg referenced in function "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned int,struct std::_DebugHeapTag_t const &,char *,int)" (??2@YAPAXIABU_DebugHeapTag_t@std@@PADH@Z) libcpmtd.lib(_tolower.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __malloc_dbg libcpmtd.lib(xdebug.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __free_dbg referenced in function "void __cdecl operator delete(void *,struct std::_DebugHeapTag_t const &,char *,int)" (??3@YAXPAXABU_DebugHeapTag_t@std@@PADH@Z) LIBCMT.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function _mainCRTStartup Debug/unittests.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 9 unresolved externals Build Time 0:00 Build log was saved at "file://e:\C++Source\unittests\Debug\BuildLog.htm" unittests - 11 error(s), 0 warning(s) - ---------------------- Done ---------------------- Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQc8OX06myMoV5dC/EQL6eACeI7zolVzltRg/K4qyEtKtezJCVnkAmgK6 xSo1f992Mg3vXkIyQ/2Nk1z+ =6lrH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----