Cannot build HelloWorld in VisualD with VS2017

[Rainer Schuetze via Digitalmars-d-ide]

On 22.03.2017 09:33, Domain wrote:
> Default console application template.
>
> Detail log:
>
> Command Line
>
> set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2017\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX86\x86;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
> Kits\8.1\bin\x86;.\windows\bin;%PATH%
> dmd -g -debug -X -Xf"Win32\Debug\hellod.json"
> -deps="Win32\Debug\hellod.dep" -c -of"Win32\Debug\hellod.obj" main.d
> if errorlevel 1 goto reportError
>
> set LIB=
> echo. >
> C:\Users\Main\DOCUME~1\VIBB41~1\Projects\hellod\hellod\Win32\Debug\HELLOD~1.LNK
>
> echo
> "Win32\Debug\hellod.obj","Win32\Debug\hellod.exe","Win32\Debug\hellod.map",user32.lib+
>>>
> C:\Users\Main\DOCUME~1\VIBB41~1\Projects\hellod\hellod\Win32\Debug\HELLOD~1.LNK
>
> echo kernel32.lib/NOMAP/CO/NOI/DELEXE >>
> C:\Users\Main\DOCUME~1\VIBB41~1\Projects\hellod\hellod\Win32\Debug\HELLOD~1.LNK
>
>
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\VisualD\pipedmd.exe" -deps
> Win32\Debug\hellod.lnkdep link.exe
> @C:\Users\Main\DOCUME~1\VIBB41~1\Projects\hellod\hellod\Win32\Debug\HELLOD~1.LNK
>
> if errorlevel 1 goto reportError
> if not exist "Win32\Debug\hellod.exe" (echo "Win32\Debug\hellod.exe" not
> created! && goto reportError)
>
> goto noError
>
> :reportError
> echo Building Win32\Debug\hellod.exe failed!
>
> :noError
>
> Output
>
> Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.10.25017.0
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> "Win32\Debug\hellod.obj,Win32\Debug\hellod.exe,Win32\Debug\hellod.map,user32.lib+"
>
> kernel32.lib/NOMAP/CO/NOI/DELEXE
> LINK : fatal error LNK1181: 无法打开输入文件“Win32\Debug
> \hellod.obj,Win32\Debug\hellod.exe,Win32\Debug\hellod.map,user32.lib+”
> Building Win32\Debug\hellod.exe failed!
>
>
> The Chinese means "Cannot open input files"

The problem is that the wrong link.exe is called. This happens because 
the dmd bin folder is not correct in the PATH environment variable: it 
lists ".\windows\bin", but the dmd installation folder is missing. It's 
probably missing on the Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Visual D 
Settings->DMD directories page. You might also have to move the 
respective entry of the executable search paths before the VS2017 paths.