How to link WS2_32.lib?

Question

Hello people,

could anyone please tell me, how to link that library WS2_32.lib?

I try to learn about windows sockets, but I get the LNK2019-Error. I know that I need the library but I don't know how to tell the linker the path to the lib!

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Are you talking about Visual C++ 2005? Then the necessary library files will already be installed on your machine and you simply need to specify ws2_32.lib as a library in

Configuration properties - Linker - Input - Additional Dependencies.

Answer 2

To link from dos command prompt like me just add the option swith "/link C:\MyVisualStudio\VCxx\Lib\WS2_32.LIB" . There are no macro function like /MD which is used for linking MSVCRT.LIB so you have type it out with your location path. Type CL /? for further help.

Hope this helps...

Answer 3

You also can use in the Following way.
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

Thanx

Answer 4

You also can use in the Following way.
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

Thanx

Thanks a lot, this solved my two weeks old problem :)

some details for people who face a similar problem in future:

I was trying to use VXL library with visual studio 2012. I successfully compiled the library and could also execute the simple hello world program. However, I couldn't execute any program for image processing. I had many link errors like the following:

Answer 5

Hi,

any idea which library is compatible with Win CE 7.0?

I thin ws2.lib is not compatible with it. I am getting the following errors..any idea how to resolve it?

LINK : warning LNK4010: invalid subsystem version number 0x700; default subsystem version assumed

coredll.lib(COREDLL.dll) : fatal error LNK1112: module machine type 'THUMB' conflicts with target machine type 'ARM'

Project : warning PRJ0018 : The following environment variables were not found:
10>$(PLATFORMDEFINES

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