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<h2>Setting up a New Project</h2>

<p>When using Phidgets in a Visual Studio project, you need to properly link the Phidget C library.</p>

<p>1. First, create a new Win32 Console Application:</p>

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<p>2. Select an empty project and <b>Finish</b>:</p>

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<p>3. If you are using a 64-bit machine, select <b>x64</b>, otherwise, select <b>x86</b>:</p>

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<p>4. Next, right click on the source folder and click <b>New Item</b>:</p>

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<p>5. Give the source file a name and click <b>Add</b>:</p>

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<p>6. Right click your project and access its properties:</p>

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<p>7. Go to <b>Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> General</b> and add this to the additional include directories:</p>

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<p>8. Go to <b>Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input</b> and add the appropriate line to additional dependencies:</p>

<p><b>C:\Program Files\Phidgets\Phidget22\phidget22.lib</b> (for 64-bit systems)</p>

<p><b>C:\Program Files\Phidgets\Phidget22\x86\phidget22.lib</b> (for 32-bit systems)</p>

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<p>9. Lastly, include the Phidget library at the beginning of your program:</p>

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<p>Success! The project now has access to Phidgets.</p>
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