So I am trying to follow the online tutorials off of the SFML website, but I have come across some code that won't compile due to error code LNK2019: unresolved external symbol. Thinking I was just coding wrong, I copied and pasted the example from the website and used it instead, only to get the same result.
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
int main()
{
sf::Window window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "My window");
// run the program as long as the window is open
while (window.isOpen())
{
// check all the window's events that were triggered since the last iteration of the loop
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event))
{
// "close requested" event: we close the window
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
window.close();
}
}
return 0;
}
Error Code:
Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::String::String(char const *,class std::locale const &)" (??0String@sf@@QAE@PBDABVlocale@std@@@Z) referenced in function _main
Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class sf::Time __cdecl sf::seconds(float)" (?seconds@sf@@YA?AVTime@1@M@Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::setFramerateLimit(unsigned int)" (?setFramerateLimit@Window@sf@@QAEXI@Z)
Error 3 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl sf::operator!=(class sf::Time,class sf::Time)" (??9sf@@YA_NVTime@0@0@Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ)
Error 4 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class sf::Time __cdecl sf::operator-(class sf::Time,class sf::Time)" (??Gsf@@YA?AVTime@0@V10@0@Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ)
Error 5 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Clock::Clock(void)" (??0Clock@sf@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::Window::Window(void)" (??0Window@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 6 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Clock::Clock(void)" (??0Clock@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 7 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class sf::Time __thiscall sf::Clock::getElapsedTime(void)const " (?getElapsedTime@Clock@sf@@QBE?AVTime@2@XZ) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ)
Error 8 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class sf::Time __thiscall sf::Clock::getElapsedTime(void)const " (?getElapsedTime@Clock@sf@@QBE?AVTime@2@XZ)
Error 9 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class sf::Time __thiscall sf::Clock::restart(void)" (?restart@Clock@sf@@QAE?AVTime@2@XZ) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ)
Error 10 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: class sf::Time __thiscall sf::Clock::restart(void)" (?restart@Clock@sf@@QAE?AVTime@2@XZ)
Error 11 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl sf::sleep(class sf::Time)" (?sleep@sf@@YAXVTime@1@@Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ)
Error 12 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl sf::sleep(class sf::Time)" (?sleep@sf@@YAXVTime@1@@Z)
Error 13 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl sf::err(void)" (?err@sf@@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@XZ) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::create(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int,struct sf::ContextSettings const &)" (?create@Window@sf@@QAEXVVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@IABUContextSettings@2@@Z)
Error 14 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl sf::err(void)" (?err@sf@@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@XZ)
Error 15 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl sf::err(void)" (?err@sf@@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@XZ)
Error 16 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class sf::Time const sf::Time::Zero" (?Zero@Time@sf@@2V12@B)
Error 17 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::Mutex(void)" (??0Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::`dynamic initializer for 'mutex''(void)" (??__Emutex@?A0xb322dca2@@YAXXZ)
Error 18 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::Mutex(void)" (??0Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 19 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::Mutex(void)" (??0Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 20 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::~Mutex(void)" (??1Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "void __cdecl `anonymous namespace'::`dynamic atexit destructor for 'mutex''(void)" (??__Fmutex@?A0xb322dca2@@YAXXZ)
Error 21 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::~Mutex(void)" (??1Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 22 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Mutex::~Mutex(void)" (??1Mutex@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 23 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::Lock(class sf::Mutex &)" (??0Lock@sf@@QAE@AAVMutex@1@@Z) referenced in function "protected: __thiscall sf::GlResource::GlResource(void)" (??0GlResource@sf@@IAE@XZ
Error 24 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::Lock(class sf::Mutex &)" (??0Lock@sf@@QAE@AAVMutex@1@@Z)
Error 25 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::Lock(class sf::Mutex &)" (??0Lock@sf@@QAE@AAVMutex@1@@Z)
Error 26 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::~Lock(void)" (??1Lock@sf@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "protected: __thiscall sf::GlResource::GlResource(void)" (??0GlResource@sf@@IAE@XZ)
Error 27 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::~Lock(void)" (??1Lock@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 28 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::Lock::~Lock(void)" (??1Lock@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 29 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::ThreadLocal::ThreadLocal(void *)" (??0ThreadLocal@sf@@QAE@PAX@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>(class sf::priv::GlContext *)" (??0?$ThreadLocalPtr@VGlContext@priv@sf@@@sf@@QAE@PAVGlContext@priv@1@@Z)
Error 30 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::ThreadLocal::~ThreadLocal(void)" (??1ThreadLocal@sf@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>::~ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>(void)" (??1?$ThreadLocalPtr@VGlContext@priv@sf@@@sf@@QAE@XZ)
Error 31 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall sf::ThreadLocal::setValue(void *)" (?setValue@ThreadLocal@sf@@QAEXPAX@Z) referenced in function "public: class sf::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext> & __thiscall sf::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>::operator=(class sf::priv::GlContext *)" (??4?$ThreadLocalPtr@VGlContext@priv@sf@@@sf@@QAEAAV01@PAVGlContext@priv@1@@Z)
Error 32 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void * __thiscall sf::ThreadLocal::getValue(void)const " (?getValue@ThreadLocal@sf@@QBEPAXXZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::ThreadLocalPtr<class sf::priv::GlContext>::operator class sf::priv::GlContext *(void)const " (??B?$ThreadLocalPtr@VGlContext@priv@sf@@@sf@@QBEPAVGlContext@priv@1@XZ)
Error 33 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class sf::Time __cdecl sf::milliseconds(int)" (?milliseconds@sf@@YA?AVTime@1@H@Z) referenced in function "public: bool __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImpl::popEvent(class sf::Event &,bool)" (?popEvent@WindowImpl@priv@sf@@QAE_NAAVEvent@3@_N@Z)
Error 34 error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class sf::Time __cdecl sf::milliseconds(int)" (?milliseconds@sf@@YA?AVTime@1@H@Z)
Error 35 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > __thiscall sf::String::toAnsiString(class std::locale const &)const " (?toAnsiString@String@sf@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@ABVlocale@4@@Z) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@I@Z)
Error 36 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> > __thiscall sf::String::toWideString(void)const " (?toWideString@String@sf@@QBE?AV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall sf::priv::WindowImplWin32::WindowImplWin32(class sf::VideoMode,class sf::String const &,unsigned int)" (??0WindowImplWin32@priv@sf@@QAE@VVideoMode@2@ABVString@2@I@Z)
Error 37 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "bool __cdecl sf::operator>(class sf::Time,class sf::Time)" (??Osf@@YA_NVTime@0@0@Z) referenced in function "public: static bool __cdecl sf::priv::JoystickImpl::isConnected(unsigned int)" (?isConnected@JoystickImpl@priv@sf@@SA_NI@Z)
Error 38 error LNK1120: 22 unresolved externals
Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong? I have searched the web for solutions for 2 days already and have not been able to fix it. Based on the other websites, I can conclude that some of the code in my main() function has been typed wrong, but I can't figure out what. I have also experimented with it and found that the source of all of the errors is in Line 5, where I make the window.