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Hello,
I am getting the following error while building a dll with MFC statically linked. There is no much information about this function available. Can anyone please tell me know what library i have to include to get rid of this error?
Error LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __imp_DeleteObject
I am using Visual Studio 2019
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Is that the only unresolved error?
If it were the Win32 DeleteObject API I'd expect you to have many.
The MFC header file (afx.h) will automatically provide gdi32.lib as a linker input through a pragma directive. Perhaps your MFC application is ill-formed.
Hi John Emmatty,
According to this doc DeleteObject() needs to link Gdi32.lib and use winodws.h.
If you use glfw3.lib, I think this issue is also worth your reference.
Best regards,
Elya
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Hi John Emmatty,
May I know if you have got any chance to check my answer? I am glad to help if you have any other questions.
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