Build a C++ “Hello World” Application With Reference to Zivid API in Visual Studio in Windows

Introduction 

This tutorial shows how to create and start developing a C++ application for Zivid in Visual Studio 2017.

Requirements 

Note

The CMake version that is tested is 3.15.3.

Instructions 

Step by step instructions are provided with screenshots below.

Create ZividHelloWorld.cpp and CMakeLists.txt 

The destination used for this tutorial is "C:/Users/Public/Documents/ZividHelloWorld"

C++

#include <Zivid/Zivid.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    try
    {
        Zivid::Application zivid;
        std::cout << "Hello Zivid World!" << std::endl;
    }
    catch(const std::exception &e)
    {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << Zivid::toString(e) << std::endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
}

CMake

project(ZividHelloWorld)

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3.2 FATAL_ERROR)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)

find_package(
    Zivid
    COMPONENTS Core
    REQUIRED)

add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME}.cpp)

target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} Zivid::Core Zivid::Visualization)