How do I build and link libCurl in VS project

I am trying to use cURL in a C++ project I am working on in VS2010.

I downloaded the latest cURL source and I am building the solution included in the archive. When I build this project the only output lib appears to be "libcurld_imp.lib". I was expecting a "libcul.lib". In any case I have pointed VS to the include directory where the headers live and added the above mentioned lib to my linker's dependencies. Finally, I add the folder path of this "libcurld_imp.lib" to the links additional libraries search locations.

I cannot build my project because of the following linker error:

error LNK1104: cannot open file 'libcurld_imp.lib'

This file does exist in a folder that I added to the linker's additional libraries search path. What am I missing? Thanks

update

Ok.. So was able to get a libcurl.lib file by editing the libcurl proj. The default build settings were set to output a DLL. I changed this to as static library. Now that I have a libcurl.lib I am getting these linking errors:

Error 3 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _imp_curl_easy_setopt referenced in function _main Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _imp_curl_easy_perform referenced in function _main

Anyone know how to link this friggen thing?

Another update

The documentation included in the source download includes a file, "build.windows". The directions say to build the lib using the follow开发者_Python百科ing command:

nmake /f makefile.vc mode=

I have done this using "static" as my mode and "VC=10" as my option. This builds the library but it is called libcurl_a.lib. Linking to this lib gives the same errors :( Thanks

the _imp suffix in libcurld_imp.lib most likely stands for Import Library. You are building a DLL and this file is the lib you need to link to your exe to call the DLL implicitely.

The solution should contain other configurations that will let you build a static library.

You need both to succeed. Try this suggestion (it's for vs2008 but should work):

http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2009-05/0097.html