Openpose: Where is the OpenPose.lib? VS2015 - Windows

[jerry7767]

I can't find OpenPose.lib under the openpose folder.

How can I get the OpenPose.lib?

And...why OpenPose project load failed?

Thank you.

[solbach]

Hi!
before you are able to build and run the demo you need to build the OpenPose.lib.
To do so, open openpose.sln and select OpenPose as set as startup project.
The project definition of OpenPose is broken. Right click on the project and Reload Files will tell you what is going on (probably Cuda 8.0.props is not in the right spot). In my case, I had to copy

• CUDA 8.0.props
• CUDA 8.0.targets
• CUDA 8.0.xml

__From__ C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\BuildCustomizations
__To__ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\BuildCustomizations

Try reloading the OpenPose project ... fingers crossed that's it! Make sure you have Release and x64 selected and hit Build. Don't worry about the _"OpenPose.lib is not a valid Win32 application"_ message. This takes some time and you should find the library generated in folder openpose\windows_project\x64\Release.
After this, you are able to switch to the Demo project to build it!

__Another hint:__ Install Cuda 8.0 AFTER Visual Studio 2015 to assure that the Cuda Installation will generate all necessary files for Visual Studio 2015.

Hope this helps!

[jerry7767]

Hi solbach,

I can generate the _"OpenPose.lib"_ by your steps, and build the Demo project success!

p.s. Re-install Cuda 8.0 after Visual Studio 2015 is importantly hint!

Thank you! Have a nice day!

[gineshidalgo99]

@solbach thank you for the suggestions/hints.

For new users, please follow the installation steps, which already includes the solbach suggestions/hints.