Windows DLLs and path

Phil Davis revdev at pdslabs.net
Fri May 25 15:33:11 EDT 2007


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 works fine but clutters the file system window with files a user doesn't need to deal with.
>
> I'd like to make a folder at the same level as the executables and put the dlls there. However, when I do this they are no longer in the path and don't work.
>
> Is there a way to tell the standalone they are in a subfolder?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Vlahos

Hi Bill,

Have you tried setting the defaultFolder to the DLL folder (or maybe 
doing a shell("cd <path>")) just before issuing a command handled by 
them? It's a shot in the dark but might work.

Phil Davis



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