How to solve linking pdfium on windows 10 - windows

Question

I have the main.cpp on Windows at C:\repo\pdfium\out\debug\obj\test directory. Pdfium.lib is at obj directory.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fpdfview.h>
int main() {
FPDF_InitLibrary();
FPDF_DestroyLibrary();
printf("PDFium hello.\n");
return 0;}
pdfium.lib is build with GCC(is_lang=false)
With command i am producing main.o
g++.exe -std=c++11 -g -I........\public -c
C:\repo\pdfium\out\debug\obj\test\main.cpp -o obj\Debug\main.o
With command bellow i am trying to link pdfium.lib
g++.exe -o bin\Debug\test.exe obj\Debug\main.o ..\pdfium.lib
But i am taking ...
Warning: corrupt .drectve at end of def file
..\pdfium.lib(obj/core/fpdfapi/parser/parser/fpdf_parser_utility.obj):(.xdata[$unwind$?_Makestr#_System_error#std##CA?AV?$basic_string#DU?$char_traits#D#std##V?$allocator#D#2##2#Verror_code#2#V32##Z]+0x8): undefined reference to `__GSHandlerCheck'
I have try so many time but nothing on linking on windows 10.
Any advice will be redemptive.
Thank you
Jim

Answer 1

If you're building PDFium with a non-component build (is_component_build = false in args.gn) and not setting pdf_is_complete_lib = true, the generated .lib files won't have their dependencies included, so you're quite likely to have the linker complain about missing symbols. Try either generating DLLs (is_component_build = true) or setting pdf_is_complete_lib = true.
If you use a component build, you'll need to package the PDFium DLL and its dependencies (at least the zlib DLL, possibly others) with your application.