Freetype263 issue

xliotx · March 18, 2022, 11:19am

When integrating openNURBS by following the instruction here:

Integration works fine when activating the line:

#define OPENNURBS_IMPORTS

However, when using static lib and not dll (as the default settings), MSVC will always report:

This missing of freetype264.lib is activated by:

github.com

mcneel/opennurbs/blob/beeb16ad7e96e5e1f46e235b160343a1256c8a53/opennurbs_public.h#L74


      
          #endif
          #endif
          
          
#if defined(OPENNURBS_IMPORTS)
          #pragma message( " --- dynamically linking opennurbs (DLL)." )
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_PUBLIC_LIBS_DIR "/" "opennurbs_public.lib" "\"")
          #else
          #pragma message( " --- statically linking opennurbs." )
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_PUBLIC_LIBS_DIR "/" "opennurbs_public_staticlib.lib" "\"")
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_PUBLIC_LIBS_DIR "/" "zlib.lib" "\"")
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_PUBLIC_LIBS_DIR "/" "freetype263.lib" "\"")
          #pragma comment(lib, "rpcrt4.lib")
          #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
          #endif
          
          
#endif
          
          
#undef OPENNURBS_PUBLIC_INC_IN_PROGRESS
          
          
#endif

where in the provided examples, it seems to be conditionally overwritten by:

github.com

mcneel/opennurbs/blob/beeb16ad7e96e5e1f46e235b160343a1256c8a53/opennurbs_public_examples.h#L45


      
          #error This file contains linking pragmas for using the opennurbs library.
          #endif
          
          
#if defined(OPENNURBS_IMPORTS)
          #pragma message( " --- dynamically linking public opennurbs (DLL)." )
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_OUTPUT_DIR "/" "opennurbs_public.lib" "\"")
          #else
          #pragma message( " --- statically linking public opennurbs." )
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_OUTPUT_DIR "/" "opennurbs_public_staticlib.lib" "\"")
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_OUTPUT_DIR "/" "zlib.lib" "\"")
          #if defined(OPENNURBS_FREETYPE_SUPPORT)
          #pragma comment(lib, "\"" OPENNURBS_OUTPUT_DIR "/" "freetype263_staticlib.lib" "\"")
          #endif
          #pragma comment(lib, "rpcrt4.lib")
          #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
          #endif
          
          
#endif
          
          
#endif

If I manually comment out the line in the opennurbs_public.h, then everything seems to work properly.

May I ask what is the purpose of asking freetype263.lib as default settings?
And can we fix the default document or change the mechanism in the github page?

dale · March 21, 2022, 4:07pm

By default, openNURBS does not use Freetype. examples_linking_pragmas.h is a better example to use.

– Dale

xliotx · March 22, 2022, 7:44am

Thanks.
I then suggest the open source version of openNURBS should be maintained in a more organized way.

The doc is really inadquate.

xliotx · February 23, 2023, 3:19pm

As of today, the official repo of opennurbs still have this issue that by following the readme, projects that use the opennurbs lib always report freetype263 issue.