Re: Linker Error when compling to debug versus release version.

From:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:08:33 -0400

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MD Websunlimited <none@none.com> wrote:

Using VS .Net 2003 compiling and linking a windows dll project.

When doing release build, the build and link function succeed. If I
then try to do a Debug build I get 737 unresolved links of the type
shown below:

General Components error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "bool
__cdecl IdentSyntax(class ATL::CStringT<char,class
StrTraitMFC<char,class ATL::ChTraitsCRT<char> > > *)"
(?IdentSyntax@@YA_NPAV?$CStringT@DV?$StrTraitMFC@DV?$ChTraitsCRT@D@ATL@@@@@ATL@@@Z)

Where is IdentSyntax implemented? Is it perhaps in a static library?
Have you perhaps added to the linker's list of dependencies in Release
configuration but not in Debug?

When working with Project Properties dialog, pay close attention to the
Active Configuration drop-down in the top left corner. It's so easy to
make a change in one configuration and forget to make it in another.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

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