cannot open file 'lib\Debub\axmol.lib' and Cannot open include file : 'WevView2.h'

[rudiHammad]

Hello,
today I tried for the first time to switch from cocos2dx 4 to axmol. I followed the install instructions. I was able to succesfully build the
visual studio solution for the tests in the axmol folder and run them okey.
But when a I tried to create a new visual studio solution i get the errors mentioned in the title

I am on windows 10 and visual studio 2022 comunity. I have run setup.py, created the project with axmol new -p YOUR.UNIQUE.ID -d PROJECT_PATH -l cpp, and creatd the visual studio solution with cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64.

(Just in case, I have axmol installed in C: drive and my game project in a D: drive, but that should have nothing to do with it right?)

Thanks,
R

[DelinWorks]

WebView2 Prevents the engine from compiling because the engine failed to find WebView2 in your windows environment, You need to install the WebView2 Extension on your windows machine (WebView2 Download Page) or If that doesn't work out for you because of a windows bug like I had or you don't need the WebView2 Extension you can specify for the engine NOT to include it in the build by removing _AX_HAVE_WEBVIEW2 from preprocessor flags in the engine solution. Hope that helps!

[rh101]

Add this line to your CMakeLists.txt file after the project(${APP_NAME}) line:

set(AX_ENABLE_MSEDGE_WEBVIEW2 OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable msedge webview2" FORCE)

It should look something like this:

project(${APP_NAME})

set(AX_ENABLE_MSEDGE_WEBVIEW2 OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable msedge webview2" FORCE)

if(NOT DEFINED BUILD_ENGINE_DONE) # to test demogame into root project
    if(XCODE)
...
etc etc
...

Make sure you either delete the build folder you created with cmake, or go into the build folder and delete the CMakeCache.txt, then re-run the same cmake command again that you used to create the build folder, otherwise the AX_ENABLE_MSEDGE_WEBVIEW2 setting may not work.

Also, copy the console output from cmake and paste it in a post on here. There may be clues in there as to what might be causing your issue.

[rudiHammad]

Great, that works. I forgot to rebuild the "build" folder after changing the CMakeLists.txt.
Thanks for all the replies.

[aismann]

@rudiHammad
Please close your question also here plz, thanks:
https://discuss.cocos2d-x.org/t/can-someone-provide-a-working-shader-code-for-cocos2dx-4/58181

[rudiHammad]

sure, done.