[netCDF #YMH-767011]: Help with compiling and linking in Windows

Hello,

I don't have a *lot* of experience working with Visual Studio, but I will help 
as best I can.  What you are describing sounds like an error during linking.  
While unfamiliar with the CI tool, it appears you are working with the correct 
file (the .lib import library, not the .dll directly).  You shouldn't need to 
specify -DDLL_NETCDF, nor should you need to modify any files.

What version of Visual Studio are you using, if I may ask? Let me play around 
with my copy of VS and the CI command, and I will follow up with you.  If you 
can tell me what version of VS you are using (to make sure we're on the same 
page), and if you can also confirm you are compiling a 64-bit program, not a 
32-bit program, that will be great. I will follow up as soon as I have more 
information!

Have a great day,

-Ward

> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I am trying to write a C program using netcdf. I have started with a simple 
> program to simply open a netcdf file and read its dimensions and a variable. 
> I’ve attached the C source code.
> 
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> I downloaded and installed the “netCDF4.6.1-NC3-64.exe” installer and 
> installed everything.
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> I copied my source file, and the files “netcdf.h”, netcdf.lib”, and 
> “netcdf.dll” all to the same folder, and from a Visual Studio developer 
> command prompt, typed
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> 
> Cl nctest.c netcdf.lib
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> I have also tried
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> Cl –DDLL_NETCDF nctest.c netcdf.lib
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> As well as trying adding the line “#define DLL_NETCDF” prior to the #include 
> “netcdf.h” statement in the source file.
> 
> 
> 
> I get “LINK2019: unresolved external symbol” errors for every netcdf library 
> function call. But executing “dumpbin /exports netcdf.lib” shows that all the 
> symbols are exported in the lib file as expected.
> 
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> 
> Can you advise me how to fix this problem? Any help will be much appreciated, 
> I am about at my wits end trying to get this to work.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Russ Jones
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YMH-767011
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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