libcid.lib

[vtgyrlz619]

Hi I'm using Visual C++ with OpenGL and I get this error

fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libcid.lib'

how do I fix it?
It compiles fine, I think it's a run time error.
Please help, thanks

[wien]

That is not a run-time error, but a linker error, meaning your application didn't compile either.

According to MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccore98/HTML/_core_c_run.2d.time_debug_libraries.asp), LIBCID.LIB is where the old non-standard iostream libraries reside. Are you including <iostream.h>, <ios.h> or any other similar non-standard header?

[vtgyrlz619]

sorry it took so long to reply, but yes I am using <iostream.h>
how would i fix this, I have successfully compiled and executed programs where I use <iostream.h> before.. why does it give me this error now?
Please help, thanks

-Kathy

[wien]

As to why the compiler isn't linking the library, I'm not sure. It should do that automatically when including the header. Are you sure the file hasn't been deleted or something? If it's still there, try linking it to your project manually.

The best thing to do however, is to stop using the non-standard headers ending with .h. These headers are deprecated, and should not be used at all. The only reason they are there, is for backwards-compabillity. You should include <iostream> instead. (Note no .h)