How do I resolve LNK2019 error?

Question

I created a dll and console program, and an LNK2019 error occurred when linking the dll. How can I resolve it?

Answer 1

Hi,

You need to add path in Project's. Properties -> Linker -> Additional Library Directories and add TheLibName.lib in Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional dependencies

Best regards,

Minxin Yu

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Answer 2

If your console application project and your DLL project are in the same solution you can resolve a LNK2019 error that looks like this -

by adding a reference to the Dll project in the console application project. For example, in the Solution Explorer pane of the Visual Studio IDE -

Before adding reference -

After adding reference -