Get main.cpp to compile and run. Document how you got it to compile below.
The program uses the following libraries:
The program needs modifications to run (in particular, the #includes)
After getting it to run, you may add more stuff to it.
#Documentation
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Open up a new empty win32 app project on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
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Download the SDL Development Library for windows found in the following link: https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php
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Also download the SDL GFX library using the following link: http://cms.ferzkopp.net/index.php/software/13-sdl-gfx
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Create a SDL folder in the Visual Studio directory and copy both the extracted SDL Development Library and the SDL GFX library into the folder.
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Copy the main.cpp to the source file in the solution explorer of your project.
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Right click the name of your project and select the properties tab. In the configuration properties under the C/C++ tab, add the following additional include directories:
$(SolutionDir)\SDL\SDL2_gfx-1.0.1
$(SolutionDir)\SDL\SDL2-2.0.3\include
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Still in the solution properties, go to the linker tab and select the input tab. Add the following libraries in the additional dependencies:
SDL2.lib
SDL2main.lib
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Depending on your operating system, copy either the x86 or x64 SDL2.dll to the debug folder of your solution.
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Add the following lines of code at the start of main.cpp:
#include <iostream>#include <SDL.h>#include <SDL2_gfxPrimitives.h>#undef main -
Comment out the following line of code within main.cpp:
`SDL_DestroyTexture(tex);`
- Build the program and it should work.