Windows Visual Studio Project Update - Links

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Windows Visual Studio Project Update

Changes to .vcxproj

link windows system libraries used by cURL for ipv6, Cert store access, Entropy, registry APIs, Unicode normalization in URL parsing

Windows System Libraries Linked

Library	Symbol(s) Provided	Needed By	Reason
iphlpapi.lib	__imp_if_nametoindex	cURL (IPv6 support)	Required for resolving interface index names in URL-based IPv6 (zonefrom_url)
ws2_32.lib	WSAStartup, connect, etc.	cURL, OpenSSL, ofxNet	Core Windows Sockets support for networking
wldap32.lib	ldap_init, ldap_bind (optional)	cURL (LDAP support)	Needed only if LDAP support is enabled in cURL
crypt32.lib	CryptProtectData, CertOpenStore, etc.	OpenSSL, cURL	Certificate and secure store functions for HTTPS/TLS
advapi32.lib	RegOpenKeyEx, CryptGenRandom	OpenSSL, cURL	Registry access and entropy source functions
winmm.lib	timeGetTime	openFrameworks, GLFW	Provides high-resolution timing for ofGetElapsedTimeMillis
normaliz.lib	IdnToAscii, IdnToUnicode	cURL (IDN support)	Unicode domain normalization, needed for internationalized URLs

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Example: timeGetTime in winmm.lib

• Function: DWORD timeGetTime(void);
• Used by: ofGetElapsedTimeMillis() in openFrameworks/app/ofAppRunner.cpp
• Library: winmm.lib
• Why: Provides millisecond timing to drive frame rate calculations and delta timing.

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Example: __imp_if_nametoindex in iphlpapi.lib

• Function: NET_IFINDEX if_nametoindex(const char *);
• Used by: libcurl/url.c (when parsing IPv6 zone IDs in URLs)
• Library: iphlpapi.lib
• Why: Enables support for scoped IPv6 addresses like: http://[fe80::1%eth0]/

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This change affects the .vcxproj file by inserting the following line into all <Link> blocks in each ItemDefinitionGroup for Debug and Release builds across:

• x64
• ARM64
• ARM64EC

<AdditionalDependencies>
  iphlpapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;wldap32.lib;crypt32.lib;advapi32.lib;winmm.lib;normaliz.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)
</AdditionalDependencies>

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Disabled Windows 2019 Builds. Server 2019 is Deprecated and no longer works July 2025. So no more 2019 builds gg

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All is looking good. Fixes runners and latest url loading issues

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Visual Studio Default ISO C++23 Standard /std:c++23preview - rather than Latest C++ Working Draft (/std:c++latest) - fix outdated Visual Studio STL issues

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Should fix Android Emu x86_64 after openframeworks/apothecary#543

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Confirmed with some Gradle changes Android x86_64 Emu working