Create a Console App in Visual Studio on Windows

This topic describes the steps needed to configure a C++ Console App in Visual Studio. These steps have been verified to work with Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition, on Windows 11 (22H2).

Create the Visual Studio project

1. Create a C++, Console App in Visual Studio. Name the project enum-devices. Check Place solution and project in the same directory.

2. Download the 64 bit version of PrimoBurner for C++ (Windows). The file you need will have a name similar to primoburner-v5.0.1-demo.1-windows.zip - the version number may differ.

3. Extract the ZIP archive in a location of your choice, then copy the include and lib directories to the primoburner subdirectory of the Visual Studio solution directory. The Visual Studio solution is the directory that contains the enum-devices.sln solution file.

   You should end up with a directory structure similar to the following:

   enum-devices
   ├───primoburner
   │   ├───include
   │   └───lib
   ├───enum-devices.cpp
   ├───enum-devices.sln
   └───enum-devices.vcxproj
   

4. Replace the contents of enum-devices.cpp with this code:

   // enum-devices.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
   //
   
   // Including SDKDDKVer.h defines the highest available Windows platform.
   
   // If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
   // set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
   
   #include <SDKDDKVer.h>
   
   #include <iostream>
   
   #include <primo/burner/pb.h>
   #include <primo/platform/reference++.h>
   
   namespace p = primo;
   namespace pb = primo::burner;
   
   // link with PrimoBurner64.lib
   #pragma comment(lib, "./primoburner/lib/x64/PrimoBurner64.lib")
   
   int main()
   {
       // Create engine
       auto engine = p::make_ref(pb::Library::createEngine());
   
       // Initialize engine
       engine->initialize();
   
       // create device enumerator
       auto enumerator = p::make_ref(engine->createDeviceEnumerator());
   
       for (int i = 0; i < enumerator->count(); i++) {
           // create a device; do not ask for exclusive access
           auto device = p::make_ref(enumerator->createDevice(i, false));
           
           if (device) {
               using namespace std;
   
               wcout << "Device       : " << i  << endl;
               wcout << "Description  : " << device->description() << endl;
   
               wcout << endl;
           }
       }
   
       // terminate engine
       engine->shutdown();
   
       return 0;
   }
   

5. In Visual Studio, select Build | Configuration Manager from the menu, then select the x64 platform to the solution platforms.

6. In Visual Studio, select Project | enum-devices Properties from the menu, then C++ | General, then add ./primoburner/include to Additional Include Directories.

7. Build the project (Ctrl + Shift + B).

8. Copy the file PrimoBurner64.dll from primoburner/lib/x64 to x64/Debug.

Run the application

Run the application in Visual Studio. You should see a list of all CD / DVD / BD devices that are connected to the system.

Troubleshooting

• You may get The program can't start because PrimoBurner64.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. or a similar message. To fix that, copy the file PrimoBurner64.dll from primoburner/lib/x64 to x64/Debug.