> After compiling the project with vs2005 I get an error:
>
> Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int const
> __cdecl
> mstrcpy(char *,int,char *)" (?mstrcpy@@YA?BHPADH0@Z) referenced in
> function "public: __thiscall CStr::CStr(class CStr &)" (??
> 0CStr@@QAE@AAV0@@Z) cstr.obj
>
> Concerning to that error message I forgot to define a header or is
> there anything else incorrect in my code?

> This is the method the compiler obviously doesn't like:

>
> const errno_t mstrcpy(char* dest, size_t len, char* src)
> {
> #ifdef __WIN32__
> return strcpy_s(dest,len,src);
> #elif __unix__
> return (errno_t)((strncpy(dest,src,(size_t)len)!=NULL)?
> 0:1);
> #else
> return (errno_t)1;
> #endif
>
> }

> On 7 Sep., 18:09, "SvenC" <Sv...@community.nospam> wrote:
>> Hi Kai,
>>
>>> After compiling the project with vs2005 I get an error:
>>
>>> Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int const
>>> __cdecl
>>> mstrcpy(char *,int,char *)" (?mstrcpy@@YA?BHPADH0@Z) referenced in
>>> function "public: __thiscall CStr::CStr(class CStr &)" (??
>>> 0CStr@@QAE@AAV0@@Z) cstr.obj
>>
>>> Concerning to that error message I forgot to define a header or is
>>> there anything else incorrect in my code?
>>>...
>>> const errno_t mstrcpy(char* dest, size_t len, char* src)
>>> {
>>> #ifdef __WIN32__
>>> return strcpy_s(dest,len,src);
>>> #elif __unix__
>>> return (errno_t)((strncpy(dest,src,(size_t)len)!=NULL)?
>>> 0:1);
>>> #else
>>> return (errno_t)1;
>>> #endif
>>
>>> }
>>
>> The above is defined in a cpp or c file, right? I guess you forgot to
>> add that cpp or c file to your project, hence the linker does not find
>> the implementation.
>
> Would be a simple result but unfortunately it wasn't that easy. Header
> files are added to project.

> By the way it's a cpp project.

On 7 Sep., 18:09, "SvenC" <Sv...@community.nospam> wrote:
> Hi Kai,
>
> > After compiling the project with vs2005 I get an error:
>
> > Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int const
> > __cdecl
> > mstrcpy(char *,int,char *)" (?mstrcpy@@YA?BHPADH0@Z) referenced in
> > function "public: __thiscall CStr::CStr(class CStr &)" (??
> > 0CStr@@QAE@AAV0@@Z) cstr.obj
>
> > Concerning to that error message I forgot to define a header or is
> > there anything else incorrect in my code?
>
> The header with the prototype seems to be in place, otherwise the compiler
> would have told you
>
> > This is the method the compiler obviously doesn't like:
>
> According to your error description the linker is giving the error, not the
> compiler, right?
>
>
>
> > const errno_t mstrcpy(char* dest, size_t len, char* src)
> > {
> > #ifdef __WIN32__
> > return strcpy_s(dest,len,src);
> > #elif __unix__
> > return (errno_t)((strncpy(dest,src,(size_t)len)!=NULL)?
> > 0:1);
> > #else
> > return (errno_t)1;
> > #endif
>
> > }
>
> The above is defined in a cpp or c file, right? I guess you forgot to add
> that cpp or c file to your project, hence the linker does not find the
> implementation.
>
> --
> SvenC

On 8 Sep., 11:44, "SvenC" <Sv...@community.nospam> wrote:
> Hi Kai,
>
>
>
> > On 7 Sep., 18:09, "SvenC" <Sv...@community.nospam> wrote:
> >> Hi Kai,
>
> >>> After compiling the project with vs2005 I get an error:
>
> >>> Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int const
> >>> __cdecl
> >>> mstrcpy(char *,int,char *)" (?mstrcpy@@YA?BHPADH0@Z) referenced in
> >>> function "public: __thiscall CStr::CStr(class CStr &)" (??
> >>> 0CStr@@QAE@AAV0@@Z) cstr.obj
>
> >>> Concerning to that error message I forgot to define a header or is
> >>> there anything else incorrect in my code?
> >>>...
> >>> const errno_t mstrcpy(char* dest, size_t len, char* src)
> >>> {
> >>> #ifdef __WIN32__
> >>> return strcpy_s(dest,len,src);
> >>> #elif __unix__
> >>> return (errno_t)((strncpy(dest,src,(size_t)len)!=NULL)?
> >>> 0:1);
> >>> #else
> >>> return (errno_t)1;
> >>> #endif
>
> >>> }
>
> >> The above is defined in a cpp or c file, right? I guess you forgot to
> >> add that cpp or c file to your project, hence the linker does not find
> >> the implementation.
>
> > Would be a simple result but unfortunately it wasn't that easy. Header
> > files are added to project.
>
> The header is not the problem, that holds only the declaration. The problem
> is the missing definition of mstrcpy.
> Where is the definition? Is it a cpp which is part of the project or is it a
> separate lib?
> If it is a separate lib then you have to add it to
> Project->Properties->Linker.
>
> > By the way it's a cpp project.
>
> What is a cpp project?
>
> --
> SvenC