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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Link error in dirobj.obj when static linking is used","articleBody":"I am trying to use stepcode using static library linking, but if face two LNK2019 errors about unresolved external symbols in dirobj.obj in steputils-static.lib. One symbol is PathCanonicalizeA and the other one is PathIsDirectoryA. \r\nWhen I change to dynamic libraries the problem is solved and it runs without any problem. \r\n I am using VS2022 with C++17, on Windows 10. Any idea of what could be the problem? \r\n\r\n\r\nError\tLNK2019\tunresolved external symbol __imp_PathCanonicalizeA referenced in function \"public: static class std::basic_string\u003cchar,struct std::char_traits\u003cchar\u003e,class std::allocator\u003cchar\u003e \u003e __cdecl DirObj::Normalize(class std::basic_string\u003cchar,struct std::char_traits\u003cchar\u003e,class std::allocator\u003cchar\u003e \u003e const \u0026)\" (?Normalize@DirObj@@SA?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEBV23@@Z)\r\n\r\nError\tLNK2019\tunresolved external symbol __imp_PathIsDirectoryA referenced in function \"public: static bool __cdecl DirObj::IsADirectory(char const *)\" (?IsADirectory@DirObj@@SA_NPEBD@Z)\t\t\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Aderiani","@type":"Person","name":"Aderiani"},"datePublished":"2022-05-06T13:18:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/440/stepcode/issues/440"}