JSONCPP to Visual Studio

I am having some trouble getting the JSONCPP Library into Visual Studio.

I have downloaded the library I am just unsure how to import it into my project and use it in my c++ code.

•   What exactly is the problem? Is it a static library? DLL? Or do you have to compile it yourself? – CameronNov 5 '14 at 22:52 
•   github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp – blakepeterman Nov 5 '14 at 22:54
•   I basically do not know to take this library and use it in c++. – blakepeterman Nov 5 '14 at 22:55
• 2 The documentation is actually quite good -- I suggest following the instructions for generating an amalgamated .h & .cpp. Then you can just drop them into your project (Add->Existing Item in VS). After that all you need to do is include the header wherever you want to use jsoncpp. – Cameron Nov 5 '14 at 23:06 
•   I did that but I am getting a error: "cannot open include file: 'json/json.h' no such file or directory". – blakepeterman Nov 5 '14 at 23:16

1 Answer

To fix the error "cannot open include file: 'json/json.h' no such file or directory", you need to add Include directory to your project as following:

-Right click on your project -> Properties. Under C/C++ ->General ->Additional Include Directories, add C:\your-directory-to-jsoncpp-master\include (e.g. C:\user1\jsoncpp-master\include).