problems linking a .lib file

[joe_pool_is]

I have a freeware project I am trying to build in Visual C++ .NET called DOSBox. To build it, I first had to compile several other freeware projects that were required to work with it. I have now spent about 4 days working on this, but I am stuck with the following message:

 

fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'zlib.lib'

 

I have compiled a fresh zlib.lib file, I have it referenced in the "Project | Properties | Configuration Properties | C/C++ | Command Line", and even added a Reference to it in the Solution Explorer.

 

Why can't the linker find this? How can I help fix this problem? Any help would be appreciated. I am originally a VB.NET programmer, but I am starting to get into C++ - so the answer could be a simple one that I just don't know where to go to find the solution.

[joe_pool_is]

Problem Solved

 

For those interested in the solution:

 

Some of the downloaded project files that needed to be compiled had their settings configured to run in multi-threaded mode whereas others specified single-threaded mode. I went back into all 6 of my supporting projects and set them all to the same mode (single-threaded), and recompiled them all.

 

Just added the new avitar today. It isn't great, but it's hard to find something that's less than 75x75 *and* less than 14k. I guess I could have created one especially for this, but I'm a better programmer than a graphics art guy. How do the rest of you do it?