dll Question

[maori]

Hi Guys

Is it possible to place the dll files into there own directory what i mean by that is the exe in the apps root dir and within that root dir a folder called dll or whatever
if it is possible could you explain how to do it



TIA

[scriptkid]

Hi,

Unless your specify a custom path from your application (.exe) itself, windows will not be able find dll's when they are not in your app directory, win32 or your path.

However (i have not tried this) i think you could do the following: launch your .exe from a batch file, in which you add your DLL directory to your system path. That way, i think that Windows will be able to find your file.

HTH!

[maori]

hiya ScriptKid

thanks for your answer bud

how can i specify a custom path from my exe to do this is?

sorry for the stupid question but i have no idea how

[CrazyEddie]

I think it depends who is loading the DLLs; if the DLLs are automatically brought in by the system, then the PATH environment variable is key. If the DLLs are 'modules' loaded manually by the app, then you can specify a path in the calls to LoadLibrary or LoadLibraryEx. If you are not making the LoadLibrary calls yourself (i.e. the modules from CEGUI as loaded by CEGUI), then I think again the PATH variable again becomes key.

CE.

[maori]

heya

Thanks CE yeah it was the cegui dll's i was refering too

thanks for all the answers and the explanations clears it up for me