Hi All,

New user here ... I have just started looking into the VST synth examples from the synth book and I cannot get any of them to compile successfully. I have followed all the instructions on setting up the VST SDK and copied the project structure outlined in the book. I'm using Visual Studio 2019, Windows 10 Pro, VST SDK 3.6.7

After I had installed the SDK, I compiled the Steinberg examples OK.

The errors I'm getting are linker errors, an example shown below:

2>pluginfactoryvst3.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class Steinberg::FUID const Steinberg::FUnknown::iid" (?iid@FUnknown@Steinberg@@2VFUID@2@B)
2>vst2wrapper.sdk.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class Steinberg::FUID const Steinberg::FUnknown::iid" (?iid@FUnknown@Steinberg@@2VFUID@2@B)
2>factory.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>VSTSynthController.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>VSTSynthProcessor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vstparameters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vst3editor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vst3groupcontroller.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vst3padcontroller.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vstcomponentbase.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vsteditcontroller.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vstguieditor.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vstnoteexpressiontypes.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>pluginview.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)
2>vstaudioeffect.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual long __cdecl Steinberg::FObject::queryInterface(char const * const,void * *)" (?queryInterface@FObject@Steinberg@@UEAAJQEBDPEAPEAX@Z)

I've been trying for two days to solve this and am about ready to give up, unless someone can suggest what I may be doing wrong!!

Thanks,

John