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Only multi-threaded DLL libraries can be used with Ice!

when i complie a project ,a error message shown:
"Only multi-threaded DLL libraries can be used with Ice!'
i found it defined as follow:
# if !defined(_DLL) || !defined(_MT)
# error "Only multi-threaded DLL libraries can be used with Ice!"
# endif
so i add _DLL,_MT in project->setting->c/c++->preprocessor definitions
and rebuild, it look ok,but i don't know what its meaning. if when the program use multi-thread, and user must set the _DLL and _MT?

Comments

  • bernard
    bernard Jupiter, FL
    This just means the Ice libraries are built with /MD (release) or /MDd (debug) and you should do the same (using the appropriate drop-down list or checkbox, not by adding definitions).

    I also recommend you have a look at the Microsoft documentation, such as http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/html/_crt_c_run.2d.time_libraries.asp.

    Cheers,
    Bernard
  • thank you your recommend.
    but now has a new question:
    http://www.zeroc.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=816
    can you give me some advice?
  • do i have to setup my project as a DLL? i can't link the program.

    i encounter the same problem, that it said "Only multi-threaded DLL libraries can be used with Ice!"
    so... does it mean that i have to setup my project as a DLL?
    i want to test the program given in the manual, here is my source:
    //===========================================
    // Server.cpp : Definition of a console program's entry point
    //
    #include "stdafx.h"
    
    #include <Ice/Ice.h>
    #include <Printer.h>
    using namespace std;
    using namespace PrintSys;
    class PrinterI : public Printer {
    public:
    	virtual void printString(const string & s,
    		const Ice::Current &);
    };
    
    void
    PrinterI::
    printString(const string & s, const Ice::Current &)
    {
    	cout << s << endl;
    }
    
    int
    main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
    	int status = 0;
    	Ice::CommunicatorPtr ic;
    	try {
    		ic = Ice::initialize(argc, argv);
    		Ice::ObjectAdapterPtr adapter
    			= ic->createObjectAdapterWithEndpoints(
    			"SimplePrinterAdapter", "default -p 10000");
    		Ice::ObjectPtr object = new PrinterI;
    		adapter->add(object,
    			Ice::stringToIdentity("SimplePrinter"));
    		adapter->activate();
    		ic->waitForShutdown();
    	} catch (const Ice::Exception & e) {
    		cerr << e << endl;
    		status = 1;
    	} catch (const char * msg) {
    		cerr << msg << endl;
    		status = 1;
    	}
    	if (ic) {
    		try {
    			ic->destroy();
    		} catch (const Ice::Exception & e)
    		{
    			cerr << e << endl;
    		}
    		status = 1;
    	}
    	return status;
    }
    
    //============================================
    
    // Client.cpp : Definition of a console program's entry point
    //
    
    #include "stdafx.h"
    
    #include <Ice/Ice.h>
    #include <Printer.h>
    using namespace std;
    using namespace PrintSys;
    
    int
    main(int argc, char * argv[])
    {
    	int status = 0;
    	Ice::CommunicatorPtr ic;
    	try {
    		ic = Ice::initialize(argc, argv);
    		Ice::ObjectPrx base = ic->stringToProxy(
    			"SimplePrinter:default -p 10000");
    		PrinterPrx printer = PrinterPrx::checkedCast(base);
    		if (!printer)
    			throw "Invalid proxy";
    		printer->printString("Hello World!");
    	} catch (const Ice::Exception & ex) {
    		cerr << ex << endl;
    		status = 1;
    	} catch (const char * msg) {
    		cerr << msg << endl;
    		status = 1;
    	}
    	if (ic)
    		ic->destroy();
    	return status;
    }
    //======================
    
    i set the project as "/MD"(multi-thread DLL), though my project was initaially a console program. despite of a few warnings, i get through the compile process, and then it wouldn't link.
    the messages was:
    Linking ...
    Server.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > & __cdecl IceUtil::operator<<(class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits<char> > &,class IceUtil::Exception const &)" (__imp_??6IceUtil@@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@AAV12@ABVException@0@@Z) &#65292;it was referenced by function: __catch$_main$0
    

    ... many similar lines...
  • benoit
    benoit Rennes, France
    No this doesn't mean that you need to build your project as a multi-threaded DLL. You just need to ensure that you're compiling your console application with the right runtime library: either the debug (build with /MDd) or release (build with /MD) multi-threaded C runtime library. And you also need to link with the correct Ice library: ice.lib (for release) and iced.lib (for debug). It looks like from the error message that you're not linking you application with the Ice library.

    Please take a look at the Visual C++ Ice demo projects for examples on how to setup a project.

    Benoit.