Configuration for a Visual Studio project that depends on tensorflow.dll in C++

tensorflow_cc_windows

Follow instructions in the following link to compile tensorflow.
Build as a shared library -Dtensorflow_BUILD_SHARED_LIB=ON
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorflow/contrib/cmake

Create new empty project in visual studio.
A good example to test as main.cpp would be 
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/r1.2/tensorflow/examples/label_image/main.cc
The following assumes that Tensorflow was downloaded in C:\tensorflow-r1.2

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Release
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Include directories
    C:\tensorflow-r1.2;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\external\eigen_archive;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\third_party\eigen3;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\protobuf\src\protobuf\src%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

Preprocessor definitions
    WIN32;_WINDOWS;NDEBUG;_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=0;EIGEN_AVOID_STL_ARRAY;NOMINMAX;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;LANG_CXX11;COMPILER_MSVC;OS_WIN;_MBCS;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;NOGDI;PLATFORM_WINDOWS;TENSORFLOW_USE_EIGEN_THREADPOOL;EIGEN_HAS_C99_MATH;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)
	
Additional Library Directories
    C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\Release;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\protobuf\src\protobuf\Release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)
	
Additional Dependencies
    libprotobuf.lib;tensorflow.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)
    
If the project compiles but it complains at run time about the tensorflow.dll, copy it to the project x64\Release folder.

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Debug
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Compile tensorflow static library in debug
MSBuild /p:Configuration=Debug tensorflow_static.vcxproj

Set the custom project to use the tensorflow_static.lib generated in the previous step

Include directories
    C:\tensorflow-r1.2;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\external\eigen_archive;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\third_party\eigen3;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\protobuf\src\protobuf\src%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

Preprocessor definitions
    WIN32;_WINDOWS;_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=2;EIGEN_AVOID_STL_ARRAY;NOMINMAX;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00;LANG_CXX11;COMPILER_MSVC;OS_WIN;_MBCS;WIN64;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;NOGDI;PLATFORM_WINDOWS;TENSORFLOW_USE_EIGEN_THREADPOOL;EIGEN_HAS_C99_MATH;
    
Additional Library Directories
    C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\fft2d\src\fft2d\Debug;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\farmhash\src\farmhash\Debug;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\gif\src\gif-build\Debug;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\Debug;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\grpc\src\grpc\Debug;C:\tensorflow-r1.2\tensorflow\contrib\cmake\build\protobuf\src\protobuf\Debug;
	
Additional Dependencies
    fft2d.lib;farmhash.lib;giflib.lib;gpr.lib;grpc_unsecure.lib;grpc++_unsecure.lib;tf_protos_cc.lib;libprotobufd.lib;/WHOLEARCHIVE:tensorflow_static.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)

Building can take a lot of memory, I don't remember the exact number, but I think some people have trouble with machines with 8GB of RAM and less

If we try to use "-Wl,--no-keep-memory" option in order to compile successfully Tensorflow with Cmake on 8GB of RAM and less system?