hecklist for setting up MicroSoft Visual Studio to work with OpenCV

MSVS.OpenCV.setup.md

Checklist for setting up MicroSoft Visual Studio to work with OpenCV

1. Download OpenCV and extract it to desired directory, for example D:\opencv.
2. Set up environment variables for Windows:
   1. OPENCV_DIR = D:\opencv\build
   2. Add %OPENDC_DIR%\x86\vc12\bin to PATH
3. Set up properties of MicroSoft Visual Studio project (Only works for OpenCV 3, need to add more files in step iv for OpenCV 2):
   1. Right click on project name in Solution Explorer and choose Properties.
   2. In Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> General -> Additional Include Directories, add $(OPENCV_DIR)/include to it. This will add OpenCV header files into compiler's search directories.
   3. In Configuration Properties -> Linker -> General -> Additional Library Directories, add $(OPENCV_DIR)/x86/vc12/bin and $(OPENCV_DIR)/x86/vc12/lib to it.
   4. In Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies, add opencv_ts300.lib and opencv_world300.lib into it (Use opencv_ts300d.lib and opencv_world300d.lib for Debug).