Setting up DirectXTK mouse and keyboard gives Unresolved external symbol

Question

I follow the tutorial here: Mouse and keyboard input I don't get any error if i delete everything that has to do with DirectX. If i use pointer insted then i get a error that says my inputhandler constructor was deleted. Any ideas? h

   #pragma once

#include <Windows.h>
#include "DirectXTK-master\Inc\Keyboard.h"
#include "DirectXTK-master\Inc\Mouse.h"

class InputHandler
{
public:
    InputHandler();

    InputHandler(HWND wndHandle);
    ~InputHandler();

    void updateInput();

private:
    std::unique_ptr<DirectX::Keyboard> keyboard;
    std::unique_ptr<DirectX::Mouse> mouse;

};

cpp

#include "InputHandler.h"



InputHandler::InputHandler()
{
}


InputHandler::InputHandler(HWND wndHandle)
{
    keyboard = std::make_unique<DirectX::Keyboard>();
    mouse = std::make_unique<DirectX::Mouse>();
    mouse->SetWindow(wndHandle);
}

InputHandler::~InputHandler()
{
}

void InputHandler::updateInput()
{
    auto kb = keyboard->GetState();
    if (kb.Escape)
        PostQuitMessage(0);

    auto mouseState = mouse->GetState();
}

Possible duplicate of [What is an undefined reference/unresolved external symbol error and how do I fix it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12573816/what-is-an-undefined-reference-unresolved-external-symbol-error-and-how-do-i-fix) — Justin, Mar 28 '18 at 19:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '18 at 19:27

You still need to link to the DirectX Tool Kit static library. The tutorials assume you are making use of the NuGet package or have added a Reference to the DirectXTK project per the Adding the DirectX Tool Kit tutorial step which would add the static library to your project build.

Setting up DirectXTK mouse and keyboard gives Unresolved external symbol

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