Using OpenCV 2.4.0 in a Visual studio 2010 project

Question

I have asked a similar question on How to link and use OpenCV headers?, but no luck so far. So I decided to ask a new, more specific question.

Can someone tell me wh

Answer 1

The folder structure of OpenCV has changed in 2.4, therefore you should use other folder than mentioned in the tutorial:

• Point OPENCV_DIR to the build-directory (e.g. C:\opencv\build), NOT the platform-specific dir.
• The Path-Variable must point to your platform-specific bin-directory (e.g. %OPENCV_DIR%\x86\vc10\bin)...
• ...same for the Linker properties (e.g. $(OPENCV_DIR)\x86\vc10\lib)