OpenCV 2.1 + Visual Studio 2008 @ Windows XP 32bit

吴贺华

　　Versions

• os: Windows XP SP3 32bit
  
• Visual Studio: 2008
  
• OpenCV: 2.1
  

　　Prerequisites

• Download and Install Visual Studio 2008 (http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/, select tab Visual Studio 2008 Express)
  
• Download and Install OpenCV 2.1 for VS2008 (http://www.opencv.org.cn/download/OpenCV-2.1.0-win32-vs2008.exe, it has been compiled for VS2008)
  

　　Windows Environment Variables

• Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System Variables
  
• Add to Path: %OpenCV 2.1%\bin
  

　　VC++ Directories

• Tools -> Options -> Project and Solutions -> VC++ Directories
  
• For Platform "Win32" and "Executable Files" add: %OpenCV 2.1%\bin
  

　　

• For Platform "Win32" and "Include Files" add: %OpenCV 2.1%\include\opencv
  

　　

• For Platform "Win32" and "Library Files" add: %OpenCV 2.1%\lib
  

　　
　　Creat a new Project

• Files -> New -> Project...
  
• Visual C++ -> Win32 -> Win32 Console Application
  
• Name your projects
  

　　Linker

• Right click on project -> Properties
  
• For "Debug"
  
  
  
  
  
  • Configuration Porperties -> Linker -> Input
    
  • Add to Additional dependencies: cxcore210d.lib cv210d.lib highgui210d.lib
    
  
  
  
  
• Configuration Porperties -> General
  
• Change Character Set to: Use Multi-Byte Character Set
  
• For "Release"
  
  
  
  • Configuration Porperties -> Linker -> Input
    
  • Add to Additional dependencies: cxcore210.lib cv210.lib highgui210.lib
    
  • Configuration Porperties -> General
    
  • Change Character Set to: Use Multi-Byte Character Set
    
  
  

　　Write "Hello World"

• Run codes below(copy a lena.jpg file to the project directory, http://photo.163.com/snigoal/op/6993508840.html)
  

1 /***********************************************************************
2  * OpenCV 2.0 测试例程
3  * 于仕琪 提供
4  ***********************************************************************/
5  
6 #include "stdafx.h"
7 #include "highgui.h"
8  
9 //所有的以新风格命名的函数都在 cv 命名空间中
10 //如果希望不要每次都输入 cv:: ，则可使用下面语句
11 //using namespace cv;
12  
13 int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
14 {
15  
16     const char* imagename = "lena.jpg";
17  
18     cv::Mat img = cv::imread(imagename); // Matlab风格的 cvLoadImage 函数的另一种调用
19     if(img.empty())
20     {
21         fprintf(stderr, "Can not load image %s\n", imagename);
22         return -1;
23     }
24  
25     if( !img.data ) // 检查是否正确载入图像
26         return -1;
27  
28     cv::namedWindow("image", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE); //创建窗口
29     cv::imshow("image", img); //显示图像
30  
31     cv::waitKey();
32  
33     return 0;
34 }　　
　　Reference

• http://www.opencv.org.cn/index.php/VC_2008_Express%E4%B8%8B%E5%AE%89%E8%A3%85OpenCV2.0/2.1