Compiling Newton without building a library

[pHySiQuE]

I am compiling for a few different platforms. It's always easiest to just include the Newton headers and add the .cpp files to my projects, rather than building a library with Newton. Are there any macros I need to define if I do this? What header files do I need to include to build it successfully?

[Julio Jerez]

you can just add all the files, and it should work without problems.

[pHySiQuE]

Which header files get included in my main project? I tried to include "core/dg.h", "newton/Newton.h", but I get a lot of compiler errors.

[Julio Jerez]

you add all teh header in folder Core, Newton, and Physics

[pHySiQuE]

Shouldn't there just be one header file to include for each subfolder, like this?:

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#include "../Source/Libraries/newton-dynamics/coreLibrary_200/source/core/dg.h"
#include "../Source/Libraries/newton-dynamics/coreLibrary_200/source/newton/NewtonClass.h"
#include "../Source/Libraries/newton-dynamics/coreLibrary_200/source/physics/dgPhysics.h"

I have added all the .cpp files into the project.

[pHySiQuE]

I added some preprocessor macros:

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NDEBUG
_LIB
_WIN_32_VER

Now I get the following errors:
fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'dgCompoundCollision.h': No such file or directory
error C2491: 'NewtonCreateCompoundBreakable' : definition of dllimport function not allowed
error C2491: 'NewtonCreateCompoundAproximation' : definition of dllimport function not allowed

[pHySiQuE]

I removed the file "dgVehicleConstraint.cpp" from my project and that got rid of one error.

The only remaining error is this:

newton.cpp(2915) : error C2491: 'NewtonCreateCompoundBreakable' : definition of dllimport function not allowed

I also get more than 300 warnings like this:

newton.cpp(2775) : warning C4273: 'NewtonConvexHullModifierGetMatrix' : inconsistent dll linkage

[pHySiQuE]

I have it compiling now. Here's a summary of what I did to get Newton 2.33 to build for Visual Studio 2008:

1. Add all .cpp files in "core", "newton", and "physics", except for "dgVehicleConstraint.cpp".

2. Add these macros to your project:
_WIN_32_VER
_NEWTON_USE_LIB

It should then work!