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

Hi Russ,

Reviewing netcdf.h, you appear to be correct that DLL_NETCDF is required, 
although interestingly enough we *don't* use this flag when compiling the 
netCDF utilities on Windows and linking against the netcdf dll. Since Visual 
Studio is a secondary product for me, I need to go figure out if this is 
*required* or not.  In the meantime, what you are doing, if not necessary, 
certainly won't be causing any harm.

So I have access to the Community Editions of Visual Studio 2015 and 2017.   
The developer command prompt doesn't give me access to the 'Cl' command; it 
could be I'm doing something wrong or just am unfamiliar with the tool, but so 
far I haven't been able to get it to run on my end.  I've found the 2013 
Express download and will give that a shot but it will take a little time.  It 
also appears to only be available as a 32-bit version.  Give the 32-bit 
libraries a try and let me know if it fixes things.  In the meantime, I will 
follow up when I have installed Visual Studio 2013 Express and tried it out on 
my end.

-Ward

On Jul 10, 2018, 12:20 AM -0600, Russ Jones <address@hidden>, wrote:
> New Client Reply: Help with compiling and linking in Windows
>
> Hi, thanks for your reply.. I am using visual studio express 2013 for
> Desktop.
>
> The pre-built libraries I downloaded and installed are the 64-bit
> libraries. It occurred to me that could be an issue but I have not yet
> tried it with the 32-bit libraries.
>
> In reading the netcdf.h file, I see that there is an #ifdef directive, and
> that if the macro DLL_NETCDF is defined (lines 481-491 in netcdf.h) then
> all the extern declarations are preceeded with "__declspec(dllimport)"
> which as I understand it is required to link to a DLL export library (and
> "-Dmacroname" defines "macroname" on the CL command line).
>
> As to whether I'm compiling a 64-bit program, I can find no specific
> compiler flags to specify a program is 64-bit or not.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help, it's much appreciated.
> Russ Jones
>
>
>
> address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Check to see if the directory containing netcdf.lib and netcdf.dll
> > is included in your PATH environment variable.
> >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded and installed the “netCDF4.6.1-NC3-64.exe” installer and
> > installed everything.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cl nctest.c netcdf.lib
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have also tried
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cl –DDLL_NETCDF nctest.c netcdf.lib
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > =Dennis Heimbigner
> > Unidata
> >
> >
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: YMH-767011
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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