For Visual Studio it is necessary to export the object_setup function

pd.cmake

@@ -357,6 +357,18 @@ function(pd_add_external PD_EXTERNAL_NAME EXTERNAL_SOURCES)
   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 ${PROJECT_NAME} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "/export:${EXPORT_FUNCTION}")
+  endif()
+
 endfunction(pd_add_external)
 
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