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adding some explanations how to install PCL after building it with MSVC
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In order to correctly link against the FLANN library, you have to use the flann_cpp_s library file. The use
of other files will result in undefined symbols and various linking time errors.

Open that folder and use the generated project to finally build the PCL library
using the toolchain of your choice.
Open that folder and use the generated project (PCL.sln for instance) to finally build the PCL libraries
using the toolchain of your choice. Building the "ALL_BUILD" project will build everything.
Make sure to build the "ALL_BUILD" project in both debug and release mode.

.. image:: images/msvc_build_build_all.jpg
:alt: Build ALL_BUILD project
:align: center

Installing PCL
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To install the built libraries and executbles, you need to build the "INSTALL" project in the solution explorer.
This utility project will copy PCL headers, libraries and executable to the directory defined by the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
cmake variable. Make sure to build the "INSTALL" project in both debug and release mode.

.. image:: images/msvc_build_install.jpg
:alt: Build INSTALL project
:align: center

Using PCL
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