Correct way to install external dependencies in CodeBlocks ...

Question

I am trying to install DynaPDF (a free PDF manipulation library) in CodeBlocks. I got a .msi file which installed the package containing dlls, static libs and headers in my computer.

But that didn't link the package with the Compiler in CodeBlocks, and so I tried the following to do so:

0) Add the include folder of the installed directory to the Search Directories / Compiler
( In CodeBlocks, one finds this in - Compiler/Search Directories/Compiler/ - and Add...)
1) Add the linker folder for libraries to the Search Directories / Linker
( In CodeBlocks, one finds this in - Compiler/Search Directories/Linker/ - and Add...)
2) Add the .dll files present in the bin folder again to the System32 and SysWOW64 folder in C:\\Windows
3) Add the static libs (.lib, .a) to - Compiler/Linker Settings/ Link Libraries - in CodeBlocks.

Even after doing all this, I still get:

H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:13: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfNewPDF'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:16: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfSetOnErrorProc'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:17: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfCreateNewPDFA'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:18: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfSetPageCoords'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:19: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfAppend'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:20: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfSetFontA'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:21: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfWriteFTextA'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:22: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfEndPage'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:23: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfCloseFile'
H:/All C++ Files/SDL Interface/PDF Check/a.cpp:24: undefined reference to `__imp_pdfDeletePDF'

So, what is the correct way to link libraries to CodeBlocks for use?
I have the same error in installing SDL libraries as well.

Answer 1

Here is the program (The supplied sample in readme) Im using :

#include"dynapdf.h"
#include<cstdio>
using namespace DynaPDF;
SI32 PDF_CALL PDFError(const void* Data, SI32 ErrCode, const char* ErrMessage, SI32 ErrType)
{
printf("%s\n", ErrMessage);
return 0; // Any other return value break processing
}
// Place a button on the form and double click on it. Add the following
// code to the function.
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
void* pdf = pdfNewPDF(); // Create a new PDF instance
if (!pdf) return 2; // Out of memory?
// Set the error callback first
pdfSetOnErrorProc(pdf, NULL, PDFError);
pdfCreateNewPDF(pdf, "c:/myfirst.pdf");
pdfSetPageCoords(pdf, pcTopDown); // We use top-down coordinates
pdfAppend(pdf);
pdfSetFont(pdf, "Arial", fsItalic, 40.0, true, cp1252);
pdfWriteFText(pdf, taCenter, "My first C++ output!");
pdfEndPage(pdf);
pdfCloseFile(pdf); // Close the file and free all used resources
pdfDeletePDF(pdf); // Do not forget to delete the PDF instance
}