Image processing in C/C++ : Installing Opencv in Microsoft Visual studio 10 ( without Cmake )

Operating System: Windows 7 

For installing Visual studio 10 : http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng#products/visual-studio-express-products (free version)

For installing Opencv-2.4.5 :  http://ncu.dl.sourceforge.net/project/opencvlibrary/opencv-win/2.4.5/OpenCV-2.4.5.exe

For installing latest version of Opencv: http://opencv.org/downloads.html

Download the latest version of opencv  and install it within a folder say C:/program files/Opencv. 

Note: Create a copy of the path variable before installing because it may replace the path variable while installing (how to get path variable is explained bellow).

Setting up path variable

Go to location where all dll files are located. Here C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc10\bin( if your os is 64 bit then C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x64\vc10\bin).

Now Click start -> My Computer -> right click -> properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables -> Under system variable select ‘path’ and click edit.

Add the location “C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc10\bin” at the end of the path and put a semicolon at the end.

Then click Apply if not Ok.

Building a project

Open visual studio ->new project -> visual c++ ->  enter name of the project(say Sample) and select Win32 console application  -> click Ok ->  click finish

In left side of the window you can see Sample. Right click Sample -> properties -> a dialog box appears as following

Adding include and library files

Change Configuration to ‘all configuration’  ->Configuration properties -> VC++ directories ->include->edit

Ctrl-insert->browse to the location where you had installed include files then add these locations.

Here “C:\Program Files\opencv\include\opencv” and “C:\Program Files\opencv\include\opencv2”

Similarly add library directory

Here “ C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc10\lib “  if you are using visual studio 9 then “C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc9\lib”

Click apply

Last Step: Go to linker -> input -> Additional dependency ->edit then add the following files

opencv_calib3d245.lib

opencv_calib3d245d.lib

opencv_contrib245.lib

opencv_contrib245d.lib

opencv_core245.lib

opencv_core245d.lib

opencv_features2d245.lib

opencv_features2d245d.lib

opencv_flann245.lib

opencv_flann245d.lib

opencv_gpu245.lib

opencv_gpu245d.lib

opencv_haartraining_engine.lib

opencv_haartraining_engined.lib

opencv_highgui245.lib

opencv_highgui245d.lib

opencv_imgproc245.lib

opencv_imgproc245d.lib

opencv_legacy245.lib

opencv_legacy245d.lib

opencv_ml245.lib

opencv_ml245d.lib

opencv_nonfree245.lib

opencv_nonfree245d.lib

opencv_objdetect245.lib

opencv_objdetect245d.lib

opencv_photo245.lib

opencv_photo245d.lib

opencv_stitching245.lib

opencv_stitching245d.lib

opencv_superres245.lib

opencv_superres245d.lib

opencv_ts245.lib

opencv_ts245d.lib

opencv_video245.lib

opencv_video245d.lib

opencv_videostab245.lib

opencv_videostab245d.lib

These are nothing but library files in “C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc10\lib “ ( note : never mind liblept168.lib liblept168d.lib libtesseract302.lib in the image ).

Now copy paste the program

#include "stdafx.h"

#include<cv.h>

#include<highgui.h>

using namespace std;

using namespace cv;

int main()

{

IplImage *inputImage = cvLoadImage( "C:/Users/Public/Pictures/Sample Pictures/c_flight.jpg",CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);

cvShowImage("original",inputImage);

cvReleaseImage(&inputImage);

while(1)

{ }

return 0;

}

Note : Make sure #include "stdafx.h" is at the beginning.

Now press F7 (building the project) then F5 (run the program). That’s it !

Errors encountered during execution

E.1  Error in ‘include<cv.h>’ or any other include files. Try ‘#include <opencv/cv.h>’.

E.2  After pressing F7 you may find errors something like ‘failed 1 success 0‘ in the output window, this is     due to error in building include or library files. This can be solved by solution of E.1 or recheck include and library files that were done while building library and include files.

E.3  No error during building ( F7 ) but error during execution like ‘ linkage error ’Try adding the files from “C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x86\vc10\lib” to project folder (here C:\...\Visual Studio2010\Projects\Sample\Sample ).I solved the problem by adding opencv_core245.lib opencv_imgproc245.lib opencv_highgui245.lib.