Installation of Opencv in MS - Visual C++

Windows

Install OpenCV

Download OpenCV

installer and install it. I assume you have installed onto C:\Program Files\OpenCV.
It is being assumed that you know the usage of Microsoft Visual C++, such as creating projects and their properties.

MS Visual C++

Setup MS Visual C++

I write details based on MS Visual Studio 2005. Follow menus of MS Visual C++ window as:

Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > VC++ directories >

Show Directory for: > Include Files. Now add

C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cv\include
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cvaux\include
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cxcore\include
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\highgui
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\ml\include
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\cvcam\include

Show Directory for: > Library Files. Now add
```
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\lib
```

(Option) Show Directory for: > Source Files. Now add

C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cv\src
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cvaux\src
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\cxcore\src
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\highgui
C:\Program Files\OpenCV\otherlibs\cvcam\src\windows

Setup MS Visual C++ for each project

Right Click Project > Property >
Configuration Proeperties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies. Now add
- cv.lib cxcore.lib cvaux.lib highgui.lib ml.lib cvcam.lib
Change 'Configuration' drop down menu from Release (Debug) to Debug (Release).
Do the same thing (Add .libs to Input)

Or, add below codes into your source codes above #include(s).

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma comment(lib, "cv.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "cxcore.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "cvaux.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "highgui.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "ml.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "cvcam.lib")
#endif

Examples

For examples see the opnecv samples in the the folder created during setup.
Try them on the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 projects.