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Help => Graphics => Topic started by: etaiso on March 17, 2012, 01:28:05 am

Title: Compile error: identifier 'Rectangle'
Post by: etaiso on March 17, 2012, 01:28:05 am

Hi,
I'm having problem compiling any of the shapes from sf::Shape...
when I try to compile the following line:

sf::Shape * _shape = new sf::Shape::Rectangle(v1, v2, sf::Color(0,0,0,255), 0, sf::Color(0,0,0,255));

the compiler (VS2008) says: error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'Rectangle'
I also included:
#pragma comment(lib,"sfml-window-d")
#pragma comment(lib,"sfml-system-d")
#pragma comment(lib,"sfml-main-d")
#pragma comment(lib,"sfml-graphics-d")
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Graphics/Shape.hpp>

Any ideas?
Thanks.

Title: Compile error: identifier 'Rectangle'
Post by: Nexus on March 17, 2012, 09:10:26 am

In SFML 2, there is no static function sf::Shape::Rectangle. Use the class sf::RectangleShape instead (see documentation). And don't use new if you don't need it.

By the way, you're linking only to Debug libraries, this will lead to problems in Release mode. I recommend to link in the project properties, not in code. And <SFML/Graphics.hpp> automatically includes <SFML/Graphics/Shape.hpp>, so the latter is unnecessary.