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i followed the how to but the game will not work when i click build it comes up with:

1>------ Build started: Project: box2d, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>HelloWorld.cpp
1>d:\my documents\downloads\box2d_v2.0.1\box2d_v2.0.1\box2d\examples\helloworld\helloworld.cpp(19) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'Box2D.h': No such file or directory
1>Build log was saved at "file://d:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\box2d\box2d\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>box2d - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

sry about miss spelling make (mixed up the a and the m!)

can some one plz just email me a 'build'et version of box2d because now it is getting more errors!

PS:my email is: elff107@hotmail.com

Um, there's not much point getting a built version of Box2D. You are aware Box2D is a game library, and not a game in itself?

What are you using to compile it, I cannot tell directly form your error message what is wrong.

i mean built as in the file u get after u press f5 'build' in the "how to". All i'm doing is doing what it say's to do in th "how to" on this site...

This is probably because VS2008 doesn't know where to find the include file for box2d. If you look at the source file in question, you'll see that it has a #include "Box2D.h" directive, instructing the compiler to read the Box2D.h file when compiling. The compiler will look in the same directory as the source file, but it doesn't find Box2D.h there, so it fails with that error message.

In order to get this to work you need to configure VS2008's include directories so that Box2D's include directory is on the list. To do this:

1. Select Tools / Options from the main menu
2. Click into the Projects and Solutions/VC++ Directories section
3. Drop down "Show directories for" and select "Include files"
4. Click the "New Line" button and then browse in the item that appears to the Box2D include directory (e.g., "D:\Code\Box2d\Include", or wherever you have the Box2D files stored)
5. Drop down "Show directories for" and select "Library files"
6. Click the "New Line" button and then browse in the item that appears to the Box2D library directory (e.g., "D:\Code\Box2d\Library")
7. Click OK to return to the VS2008 IDE

Once you've done this, try compiling again. This time VS2008 should know where to look to find the Box2D.h file and it should compile cleanly.

Um i all ready did that (i followed the how to) and now even more files are missing!(not because of what you sayed)I need help!...

elff, do you know how to write a C++ program? Can you write a C++ OpenGL program that moves a box around the screen? If not, you probably should not be trying to use Box2D.