For Visual Studio it is necessary to export the object_setup function

pd.cmake

@@ -344,19 +344,31 @@ function(pd_add_external PD_EXTERNAL_NAME EXTERNAL_SOURCES)
     target_compile_definitions(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE PD_FLOATSIZE=64)
   endif()
 
-  set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    foreach(OUTPUTCONFIG ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
-            string(TOUPPER ${OUTPUTCONFIG} OUTPUTCONFIG)
-            set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-            set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-            set_target_properties(${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    endforeach(OUTPUTCONFIG CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  foreach(OUTPUTCONFIG ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
+          string(TOUPPER ${OUTPUTCONFIG} OUTPUTCONFIG)
+          set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+          set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+          set_target_properties(${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${OUTPUTCONFIG} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  endforeach(OUTPUTCONFIG CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
 
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME}${PD_EXTENSION}
           DESTINATION ${PDLIBDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
 
+  if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+      string(FIND ${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} "." NAME_HAS_DOT)
+	    string(FIND ${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME} "~" NAME_HAS_TILDE)
+      if(NAME_HAS_DOT EQUAL -1)
+          string(REPLACE "~" "_tilde" EXPORT_FUNCTION "${PD_EXTERNAL_NAME}_setup")
+      else()
+          string(REPLACE "." "0x2e" TEMP_NAME "${PD_EXTERNAL_NAMEs}")
+          string(REPLACE "~" "_tilde" EXPORT_FUNCTION "setup_${TEMP_NAME}")
+      endif()
+      set_property(TARGET ${OBJ_TARGET_NAME} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "/export:${EXPORT_FUNCTION}")
+  endif()
+
 endfunction(pd_add_external)
 
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