Window Not Displaying?

[rush905]

Hi everyone. I'm going through the tutorials on the SFML site, and I came across the Windows tutorial. http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/1.6/graphics-window.php Anyways, I'm using Visual C++, have all the Linker options correct, and the .dlls in place, it even compiles. But in the end when I try to run the program, nothing happens. The process is running in the background, yet nothing's there.

Any help would be great. Thanks.

Source straight from the site:

>http://pastebin.com/kaa1t9UV

And if it helps, my Source:
> http://pastebin.com/aiy2ra6w

[FRex]

Add while(1); between return and display.
Or put display in loop or something else to stop return line getting executed just after display.
In no debug launching from vc++ the return; doesn't make console/process go away but the app is closed already so the window is gone.

[eXpl0it3r]

Let me guess, you have an ATI graphics card...

It's the so called ATI bug that came with the development of newer cataclyst drivers, this is one of the main reasons why nobody should keep using SFML 1.6.
If you want to get things working you should definitely use SFML 2.0, there are also precompiled library files for the RC.

[rush905]

I put "App.Display();" inside a loop, and still, nothing happens.

I guess it is the ATI Graphics card. I'll switch to 2.0.

[eXpl0it3r]

I guess it is the ATI Graphics card. I'll switch to 2.0.

You don't have to guess, if you have an ATI graphics card then it is the problem.

[rush905]

Well I switched, and now I have more problems. This time it's with compiling. I get these two errors when I try to create a Window program:

Error   1   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _WinMain@16 referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\kjhkjh\kjhkjh\MSVCRTD.lib(crtexew.obj)


Error   2   error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\kjhkjh\Debug\Window.exe   1

http://pastebin.com/qb7LFZJL

[eXpl0it3r]

With "create a Window program" do you mean that you set the subsystem of your application to window or that you've started of with a window based project?
It's always adviced to start with an completly empty project and do the setup on your own.

Do you link against sfml-main.lib or if you're in debug mode sfml-main-d.lib?

[rush905]

Alright, let me start over. I'm in Visual C++, I create a new project, an empty project. I add a blank C++ file. Ok, now that it's made, what do I have to edit in my project's properties window?

And when you say "link against sfml-main.lib" are asking me if I have "sfml-main.lib" in my additional dependencies? If so, I'm in debug and have linked both "sfml-main-d.lib" and "sfml-graphics-d.lib"

Okay, I compiled again with the same source as above, and now I'm getting 8 errors:

Source: http://pastebin.com/Pw7vr9hm


Error   1   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::display(void)" (?display@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ) referenced in function _main   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   3   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall sf::Window::close(void)" (?close@Window@sf@@QAEXXZ) referenced in function _main   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   4   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall sf::Window::pollEvent(class sf::Event &)" (?pollEvent@Window@sf@@QAE_NAAVEvent@2@@Z) referenced in function _main   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   5   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: bool __thiscall sf::Window::isOpen(void)const " (?isOpen@Window@sf@@QBE_NXZ) referenced in function _main   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   7   error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall sf::VideoMode::VideoMode(unsigned int,unsigned int,unsigned int)" (??0VideoMode@sf@@QAE@III@Z) referenced in function _main   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   6   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   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   2   error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class sf::RenderStates const sf::RenderStates::Default" (?Default@RenderStates@sf@@2V12@B)   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Window1\Window.obj
Error   8   error LNK1120: 7 unresolved externals   C:\Users\Nick\Desktop\Window1\Debug\Window1.exe

[eXpl0it3r]

You know there's a reason why tutorials were made, to not having to repeate the same answers all over again.
So if you want to know how to setup Visual Studio just take a look at the official tutorial. If you follow it 100% without missing any bits then it's guaranteed to compile and link!

[rush905]

Okay, I solved the problem. Turns out I had to uninstall Visual C++ because I place the .lib and include files in the Visual C++ directory. I also had to include the sfml-main-d.lib file too. So that fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.