outline_collapsed.c fails on Visual Studio 2017 about msvclibxlsxwriter HOT 3 OPEN

Hi,

The version of libxlsxwriter that is embedded in MSVCLibXlsxWriter is 0.7.2 and outlines were added in 0.7.6: https://libxlsxwriter.github.io/changes.html

You can try fix this in your local copy by doing a "git pull origin" in the libxlsxwriter subdirectory, and then updating with MSVC and fix the import for the new/missing function symbols.

Alternatively you can set up a project using CMAKE, which is the preferred method in recent releases: https://libxlsxwriter.github.io/getting_started.html#gsg_cmake

I'll leave this issue open until I bring this version up to date.

John

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Thanks for getting back to me. I am an embedded guy and have never had the need to use CMAKE. I installed it and tried to follow the instructions but it was showing some errors related to zlib and also trying to make a Visual Studio 2015 project. I have 2013 and 2017 but not 2015.

I also tried "git pull origin" in the directory as you suggested but that failed too.

`> You are not currently on a branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.

git pull <remote> <branch>`

It seems building what appears simple command line exe is much harder than I anticipated!

I will monitor when this bug is closed and try again then. In the meantime my python version with your python library works as intended many thanks for your libraries!

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I also tried "git pull origin" in the directory as you suggested but that failed too.

Sorry for the misdirect. That should have been:

git pull origin master

After that if you rebuild the LibXlsxWriter solution and copy the updated lib file to the ExampleExe folder it should work.

I tested it and it works.

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