Is there a TeeChart .lib file?

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:31 pm

I understand that in a C++ project, I have to add the TeeChart .h and .cpp files into the project. But if I'm including that project in another solution, with another project also using the TeeChart control, I need to add them there as well, so all the TeeChart .h and .cpp's need to get compiled twice every time I rebuild, is there any way around this?

Post by **Marc** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:35 am

Hello,

I'm not sure how to avoid the compilation of TeeChart per project if referenced via library file source, but as to the location, a common folder, a folder apart, could be created for the TeeChart library files so that they physically exist just once between all projects that use them.

Regards,
Marc Meumann

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:33 pm

Thanks, I should have thought of that. A library file would however eliminate the need to compile all those files at all ( I think ). I just know that other products we use, like objective grid, we just import the library, there are no .cpp files.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:53 pm

Correction on that. The .cpp file are given, but they provide a method to build the libraries, that seems to be how most of this stuff is done.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:41 pm

Actually, that common folder business won't work, wouldn't that be the same as trying to use the same folder from the other project? Which is the problem I had to begin with, the files need to added into the current project, otherwise I get unresolved external link errors. I guess I'll just have to live with the extra build time.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:50 pm

The answer is to compile the teechart files into a static library project, then include that project in your solution. You should use a precompiled header stdafx.h that includes MFC OLE support. Even if you only use it in one project, it really speeds things up.