How do I add an existing project to a solution in visual studio?

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I am new to visual studio and cmake. How do I add an existing project that someone else made to a solution of many projects while still referencing header files that the new project may reference?

Right now I cannot even add the project so the solution file sees it, let alone see the reference projects.

BTW: We are using opencv files from Intel RealSense camera samples.

What I have tried:

I have tried copying all of the projects I cloned from github into the same directory as the solution and right clicked on the solution to add a new project. I have also tried creating a new project from file: new:project from existing code, but it does not add it to the existing solution.

Posted 7-Jul-20 12:12pm

LoriPhysics

Updated 7-Jul-20 13:15pm

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LoriPhysics 7-Jul-20 19:04pm

I guess I do not have a project, but a file from github that has all of the makings of a project. My question should have been, "how do I turn a group of cloned github files to a project, then add it to an existing solution". I have used the team git repository, but have not been able to create a project from it.

Luc Pattyn 7-Jul-20 19:07pm

I suggest you read the articles I referred, and if they don't help (I didn't check them) apply some more google foo.

There must be ready-to-use libraries for Windows, have a look here.

The alternative is to create a new project yourself, inside VS, and then add every source file to the project, by right-clicking the project in the "Solution Explorer" and choosing "Add"/probably "Existing Item". That could be hard if you have more than a few files though.

LoriPhysics 7-Jul-20 19:12pm

Thanks for you help:) I am sifting through the thread now.

Luc Pattyn 7-Jul-20 19:21pm

if you want an unmodified opencv, then pre-built libraries seem to be the way to go: see here.

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Luc Pattyn · Answer 1 · 2020-07-07T13:15:00

Solution 3

Hmm. Previous messages have vanished somehow.

Here is my suggestion, assuming pre-built Windows libraries would do.

Posted 7-Jul-20 13:15pm

Luc Pattyn