HDF5 as dynamic linked library Qt/C++ under Windows

Question

I downloaded

Windows (64-bit) 1 Compilers: CMake VS 2013 C, C++, IVF 15 from here

Now I read on their homepage that

1. this contains only release libraries and
2. that there are libararies contained with a lib prefix, and they are static libraries
3. that there are libreries without a lib prefix and they are dynamic libaries

For example hdf5.lib and libhdf5.lib

I would like to link dynamically. On their homepage they say that

To use the shared libraries on Windows specify the H5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB compile definition.

What does this mean??? What do they want me to do in order to use the libraries without prefix for dynamic linbking?

Answer 1

For anyone who comes across this question and is using Visual Studio, another solution is to open the project properties and go to Configuration Properties ⇒ C/C++ ⇒ Preprocessor and add H5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB to the list of Preprocessor Definitions.