I deploy my applications with their own local copy of OSG in the same folder as the main application executable. I typically have a dozen different versions and flavors of OSG on my computer at once so OSG_ROOT becomes irrelevant.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Émeric MASCHINO <emeric.masch...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi Farshid, > > Correct, but what about the plug-ins and examples? They aren't > installed in OSG_ROOT\bin. So if you only copy the DLLs in > OSG_ROOT\bin, when trying to load a plug-in (installed in > OSG_ROOT\bin\osgPlugins-X.Y.Z) or running an example (installed in > OSG_ROOT\shared\OpenSceneGraph\bin) that requires an external DLL, > this last one will thus be searched in the PATH, with the risk of > finding a similarly named DLL elsewhere in the filesystem before > reaching the expected on in OSG_ROOT\bin. How do you manage this > situation on your own? > > Cheers, > > Émeric > > > 2014-09-24 19:12 GMT+02:00 Farshid Lashkari <fla...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Émeric, > > > > Placing the external libraries in OSG_ROOT\bin should work as long as the > > main executable is also in OSG_ROOT\bin. Windows should first search for > > DLLs in the same folder as the executable before searching in PATH. So > there > > is no need to add your application to PATH, or worry about conflicting > DLLs > > in PATH. I've deployed my application like this for years and never had > any > > issues. > > > > Cheers, > > Farshid > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Émeric MASCHINO > > <emeric.masch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> What's the best practice regarding OSG deployment on Windows? Indeed, > >> several plug-ins depend on external libraries. Is it best to put the > >> required DLLs in OSG_ROOT\bin\osgPlugins-X.Y.Z or rather in > >> OSG_ROOT\bin, thus ensuring that OSG_ROOT\bin is in the PATH so that > >> the plug-ins can find them? > >> > >> With this last approach, there's only one copy of each DLL shared by > >> the OSG applications, plug-ins and examples. The drawback is that if a > >> similarly named DLL is found in the PATH before reaching OSG_ROOT\bin, > >> an incorrect DLL may be loaded. > >> > >> By contrast, copying the required DLLs in > >> OSG_ROOT\bin\osgPlugins-X.Y.Z may also require copying them in > >> OSG_ROOT\bin as well as in OSG_ROOT\share\OpenSceneGraph\bin. > >> > >> Any advice on what's better? > >> > >> Émeric > >> _______________________________________________ > >> osg-users mailing list > >> osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > >> > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osg-users mailing list > > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > > > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere. xe...@alphapixel.com http://www.alphapixel.com/ Training • Consulting • Contracting 3D • Scene Graphs (Open Scene Graph/OSG) • OpenGL 2 • OpenGL 3 • OpenGL 4 • GLSL • OpenGL ES 1 • OpenGL ES 2 • OpenCL Digital Imaging • GIS • GPS • osgEarth • Terrain • Telemetry • Cryptography • Digital Audio • LIDAR • Kinect • Embedded • Mobile • iPhone/iPad/iOS • Android @alphapixel <https://twitter.com/alphapixel> facebook.com/alphapixel (775) 623-PIXL [7495]
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