Configure Aspose.Words for C++ in Visual Studio

Aspose.Words for C++ API works with Visual Studio 2017 or later. To work with Visual Studio, you may need to install Visual C++ Redistributable available on Microsoft official website.

Configure with MSBuild .targets files

Follow these steps to configure your project with MSBuild .targets files:

Add Import tags with Aspose.Words for C++ targets files into your vcxproj file

  1. Open your project *.vcxproj file in the text editor
  2. Find <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets"></ImportGroup> at the end of the file
  3. Add the following Import tags inside ImportGroup: 
        <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
        <Import Project="<path-to>\CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework.targets" Condition="Exists('<path-to>\CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework.targets')" />
        <Import Project="<path-to>\Aspose.Words.Cpp\aspose.words.cpp.targets" Condition="Exists('<path-to>\Aspose.Words.Cpp\aspose.words.cpp.targets')" />
    </ImportGroup>
    </Project>

Configure manually

Follow these steps to manually configure Aspose.Words for C++ in Visual Studio:

Add the Additional Include Directories:

  1. Open Project Property
  2. Go to C/C++ → General
  3. Add the following Additional Include Directories:
  • Aspose.Words.Cpp\include
  • CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\include

Add the Additional Dependencies:

  1. Open Project Property
  2. Select Configuration → All Configurations and Platform → All Platforms
  3. Go to Linker → Input
  • For Release configuration:
    • Aspose.Words.Cpp\lib\x64\Release\Aspose.Words.Cpp_vc14x64.lib
    • CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\lib\codeporting.translator.cs2cpp.framework_vc14x64.lib
  • For Debug configuration:
    • Aspose.Words.Cpp\lib\x64\Debug\Aspose.Words.Cpp_vc14x64d.lib
    • CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\lib\codeporting.translator.cs2cpp.framework_vc14x64d.lib

Add the Commands:

  1. Open Project Property
  2. Go to Build Events → Post-Build Event
  3. Add the following Commands:
  • For Release configuration: 
        xcopy /y /d  "$(ProjectDir)Aspose.Words.Cpp\lib\x64\$(Configuration)\Aspose.Words.Cpp_vc14x64.dll" "$(OutDir)"
    xcopy /y /d  "$(ProjectDir)CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\lib\codeporting.translator.cs2cpp.framework_vc14x64.dll" "$(OutDir)"
  • For Debug configuration: 
        xcopy /y /d  "$(ProjectDir)Aspose.Words.Cpp\lib\x64\$(Configuration)\Aspose.Words.Cpp_vc14x64d.dll" "$(OutDir)"
    xcopy /y /d  "$(ProjectDir)CodePorting.Translator.Cs2Cpp.Framework_<version>\lib\codeporting.translator.cs2cpp.framework_vc14x64d.dll" "$(OutDir)"