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So I am creating an app in VS2012 in MFC using an old Microsoft SDK (called VisSDK for machine vision) which worked fine with VS6. The problem is, I get this LNK1104 error, Cannot open file VisImSrcLibDB.lib.

I have done a search through the project for VisImSrcLibDB...but nothing came up. I have checked all the header files (external) and tried to see where is this being called. I can presume (based on the name) that it seems to be part of the SDK, but cannot for the love of god figure out where is this being called from.

Any Help would be appreciated in this. Here is a screenshot:

Screenshot of the error message

PS: yes I have mapped the lib folder of the SDK under LINKER properties. and the corresponding include folder in the Additional Include directory.

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ItsTheJourney
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  • Are you sure the older SDK it already built? – Syntactic Fructose Sep 18 '13 at 15:59
  • The thing is the older SDK has been working fine with VS6 for many years. so I dont think the SDK is the problem. I need to figure out where this .lib file or its corresponding .h file is getting called from. Searches come up empty within the project – ItsTheJourney Sep 18 '13 at 16:25

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If you haven't already, you should turn on the VS flags for verbose output. That should give some indication as to why things are being pulled into the build.

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  • Still no clarity with regards to figuring out where this .lib is getting called from. – ItsTheJourney Sep 18 '13 at 21:04
  • Actually, I should have been more clear in my comment. You should try using the "Show Includes" flag of the compiler options. This will show where the header files for the library are being pulled from. – rrirower Sep 19 '13 at 13:11
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The VisImSrcLibDB.lib must exist some where in your VisSDK directory.

Use the PROJECT-Properties command, All configurations from the Configuration drop down list and add the directory containing the VisImSrcLibDB.lib file to the Library Directories in the VC++ Directories section.

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  • @ Michael, Thanks but that is the 1st thing I tried doing. I have searched for that file on my machine and on the web with no results. – ItsTheJourney Sep 19 '13 at 15:53
  • Any ways, this will be a mystery, I seem to have gotten rid of the error, by Process of elimination..Commenting out header file calls from within other header files. – ItsTheJourney Sep 19 '13 at 15:57