Windows DLLs and path

2007-05-25 Thread Bill Vlahos
I use SSL libraries in my application. For Windows Rev creates a couple of dlls that I need to include with my standalone. My application is portable in that all the files (executables and data) are in a folder. If the dlls are at the same level as the executables then it works fine but

Re: Windows DLLs and path

2007-05-25 Thread Phil Davis
Bill Vlahos wrote: I use SSL libraries in my application. For Windows Rev creates a couple of dlls that I need to include with my standalone. My application is portable in that all the files (executables and data) are in a folder. If the dlls are at the same level as the executables then it

Re: Windows DLLs and path

2007-05-25 Thread Scott Kane
From: Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a way to tell the standalone they are in a subfolder? Possibly in Rev - but I've not tried it. However... It's normal practice to place them in the standalone (executable) directory. Placing them in the path can cause dll hell in that another

Re: Windows DLLs and path

2007-05-25 Thread Bill Vlahos
Scott, That's very clever to put them in a custom property and unpack when needed. I'm not installing into c:\Program Files so that should not be a problem. How do you free the dll? Other than the dlls would still be there, is there a problem if a user uses the Task Manager to kill the

Re: Windows DLLs and path

2007-05-25 Thread Scott Kane
From: Bill Vlahos [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's very clever to put them in a custom property and unpack when needed. I'm not installing into c:\Program Files so that should not be a problem. It's an old trick with other IDE's. :-) How do you free the dll? Other than the dlls would still be