Installing FLTK with Visual Studio

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Installing FLTK with Visual Studio

FLTK Install with Visual Studio

These instructions explain how to download and install Fast Light Toolkit (FLTK) for bulding Graphical User Interface applications with MSVC++.

Downloading FLTK

Download the source of the latest stable release version (e.g. fltk-1.3.2-source.tar.gz) from FLTK library website. FLTK is cross-platform tool that works on Linux, MAC OS, and Windows with MSVC++ 2005, 2008, 2010, and above.
Unzip the downloaded file. The process takes two steps: first, it unzips into a .tar file. Next, unzip the .tar file, which creates a folder named fltk-1.3.2 (or whatever version you downloaded.) For example,
```
    C:\Users\yourname\Downloads\fltk-1.3.2
```

Building FLTK library

Navigate to folder
```
    fltk-1.3.2\ide\VisualC2010
```
Double-click the file named fltk.sln. It opens a large MSVC++ solution that includes FLTK demo apps and the library itself. Be patient, as it takes almost a minute to load all parts into Visual Studio development environment.
Since FLTK is distributed as open source software, you must build the library on our own machine. Go to Visual Studio menu
```
    Build -> Configuration Manager...
```
and switch active configuration to Release.
Click Visual Studio menu
```
    Build -> Rebuild Solution
```
Be patient as the surce code is being compiled. It will take several minutes to finish. If everything is okay, you should see a message similar to
```
    ========== Rebuild All: 79 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
```
at the end.
Exit Visual Studio.

Adding FLTK library to Visual Studio

Once built, FLTK can be added to Visual Studio development environment. To begin, locate Visual C++ installation folder on your local machine. In most cases it is


    On 32-bit machine: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC

    On 64-bit machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC

There are two steps:

Copy FL and GL folders, for example,


    C:\Users\yourname\Downloads\fltk-1.3.2\FL
    C:\Users\yourname\Downloads\fltk-1.3.2\GL

to the include folder of Visual Studio:


    On 32-bit machine: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include

    On 64-bit machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include

Copy all files from the lib folder,


    C:\Users\yourname\Downloads\fltk-1.3.2\lib

to the lib folder of Visual Studio:


    On 32-bit machine: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib

    On 64-bit machine: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\lib

Testing how it all works

Start Visual Studio again.
Click
```
    File -> New -> Project
```
Select Win32 Project for the project type. Choose a name, e.g. fltk_win32_app, and change project location to
```
    C:\CIS255\Projects
```
or something similar. Click Next on the project wizard screen and check "Empty project" option, then Finish.
Click
```
    View -> Solution Explorer
```
Right-click on Source Files and choose
```
    Add -> New item...
```
Use C++ File (.cpp) for the type of the file. Name it main.cpp.

The empty main.cpp file automatically opens in the editor. Copy and paste the following code:


#include <Windows.h> // include Windows.h only if using WinMain
#include <FL/Fl.H>
#include <FL/Fl_Box.H>
#include <FL/Fl_Window.H>

// Use standard main to have console background:
// int main()

// Use WinMain if you don't want the console in the background:
int __stdcall WinMain(
    __in HINSTANCE hInstance,
    __in_opt HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
    __in LPSTR lpCmdLine,
    __in int nShowCmd
    )
{
    Fl_Window window( 200, 200, "My window title" );
    Fl_Box box( 0, 50, 200, 20, "Hello" );
    window.show();
    return Fl::run();
}

In the Solution Explorer, right-click fltk_win32_app project and select Properties. You need to make the following three changes:


    Configuration Properties
        C/C++
            Code Generation
                Runtime Library
                    <<Edit..>>
                        and set it to Multi-threaded DLL (/MD)
        Linker
            Input
                Additional Dependecies
                    <<Edit..>>
                        and enter fltk.lib

                Ignore Specific Default Libraries
                    <<Edit..>>
                        and enter libcd.lib

For example,

Additional Dependecies

Click OK and save your changes.

Click Visual Studio menu
```
    Build -> Rebuild Solution
```
Press F5 to run the program.
Everything should compile and run without any problems. If you do get an error, send me an email, so I can look at the issue.