Am 27.11.2014 um 22:38 schrieb Liviu Ionescu: > > On 27 Nov 2014, at 23:14, Stefan Weil <s...@weilnetz.de> wrote: > >> Do you really need statically linked executables > > actually I don't know, my experience with Windows is limited :-( > > on OS X, if I distribute a folder containing an executable and a bunch of > dynamic libraries, the folder where the executable is located is the first > choice for searching the libraries, so I don't have to mess with library > versions in any system library folders. > > on Windows I could not make this work. if this is possible, and you have a > procedure to create a setup that does a reasonable job without messing other > things, ok, I don't mind packing an executable and several dynamic libraries, > I'll use it too.
Windows dynamic libraries (DLL files) are also loaded from the executable's directory if they exist there. You don't need a special setup to make that work, it's the standard behaviour. Regards Stefan
