Multi-file compiling

[tranquil coral]

Hi.
I'm looking for a way to get the compiler I'm using (visual studio) to compile all the .cpp and header files, but As you can see in the picture I attached, it keeps giving me the error "[build] Build finished with exit code 1" and "No program will be executed"; what do I do?

For this simple exercise, I'm using VS Code along with Cmake.

[pine cliff]

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[halcyon notch]

It looks like you have all the files there for use with Visual Studio 2022

Was this a Visual Studio Project?

[tranquil coral]

It was not, I created everything in vscode using Cmake commands

[hushed isle]

It's failing to link because of two "unresolved externals".

[halcyon notch]

Oh lol

you need to add all the sources in the CMakeLists file

[tranquil coral]

Can you elaborate more on this, I'm new to these things

[halcyon notch]

Then tbh if you aren't using vs2022/msbuild i would just use ninja or something

[hushed isle]

If you're new I'd suggest using VS directly first instead of hacking your way through VSCode and beginner level CMake.

[halcyon notch]

Yeah that ^ tbh

you'll have alot more of a pain free experiance

[hushed isle]

You can open a CMake project in VS directly and build it, the IDE will figure out all the plumbing needed.

[tranquil coral]

Perhaps I should and I will, But I may as well want to know the solution for this problem

[halcyon notch]

Well you need to make sure all your sources are added and compiled

[hushed isle]

What Grumpy said; and there may be many other problems apart from what's obvious in the screenshot.

[tranquil coral]

"you need to add all the sources in the CMakeLists file"
right?

[tranquil coral]

uh

[hushed isle]

Problem cascade

[halcyon notch]

add_executable(my_exe file1.cpp file2.cpp file3.cpp)

[tranquil coral]

I can see that VSCode sucks

[halcyon notch]

What are the unresolved symbols?

VSCode doesn't suck

it's just a pain to set up

[hushed isle]

It's just a text editor, you need to Build Your Own IDE on it.

[tranquil coral]

Understood

[hushed isle]

FWIW I use VSCode as my main editor on Linux, so it's quite capable, but warrants an existing understanding of how builds work, how CMake works, etc.

[halcyon notch]

Yeah I use vscode for Linux and some other stuff too. VS i just use for windows

[tranquil coral]

public: __cdecl Car::Car(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)

the constructor and destructor

[halcyon notch]

Yeah seems like you're not including those files then in CMake

[hushed isle]

You probably haven't added the source files where these are defined to the CMake script.

Show the project file structure and CMake script.

[tranquil coral]

so how do I add them to cmake list?

apologize If I'm taking your time

[hushed isle]

^

[tranquil coral]

sorry, right away give me asec plz

aapologize for the delay

[pine cliff]

karnage42

Please Do Not Send Screenshots!

They're hard to read and prevent copying and pasting.

[halcyon notch]

all the files you want compiling put in the add_executable directive

in you case it is at least add_executable(GUIHello main.cpp Car.cpp)

[tranquil coral]

thank You so much It worked

[tranquil coral]

!solved