Error when compiling Standalone App

[oskarsh]

Hey, I am running into this error in Windows now. It happens when trying to create the .lib and .exp files. Tested on a empty new project.

Creating library .\..\..\Compiled\App\Test1.lib and object .\..\..\Compiled\App\Test1.exp

include_hi_core.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class juce::String __cdecl hise::Fronte
ndHandler::getHiseVersion(void)" (?getHiseVersion@FrontendHandler@hise@@SA?AVString@juce@@XZ) [C:\Users\iso\Documents\G
itHub\Test1\Binaries\Builds\VisualStudio2022\Test1_App.vcxproj]
.\..\..\Compiled\App\\Test1.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals [C:\Users\iso\Documents\GitHub\Test1\Bina
ries\Builds\VisualStudio2022\Test1_App.vcxproj]

This seems like a HISE internal error.

Moving forward I have no need for .lib or .exp files is that something we can completly disable?

[oskarsh]

Error disappeared after recompiling HISE. I feel like sometimes HISE gets stuck in a specific state that produces a error but its not clear what leads to these errors.

Anyways consider this solved.

[d.healey]

@oskarsh

I feel like sometimes HISE gets stuck in a specific state that produces a error

Cleaning the build folder often helps

[Christoph Hart]

In this case it was a mismatch between the source code (that defined the FrontendHandler::getHiseVersion() function) and your HISE build which didn't create the respective C++ code in the autogenerated plugin files (this was an addition in one of the more recent commits).

So always make sure that you're using the same codebase for compiling HISE and the plugin.

[oskarsh]

@Christoph-Hart Got it!