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Subject: dll dynamic linked libraries
From: Robert Livingston <rlivingston@mac.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:05 -0800
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I am a Windows novice. I distribute a cross-platform application.

The newer releases of REALbasic create for my application, several dll files. These apparently are required for the proper function of the program

My program works on Windows when I have these dll files in the same folder with the application.

My question

1. Where "should" they be put. Is there a "proper" location for these files?

2. Things seem to work with the files in the same folder as the application. Would they work if they were collected into one folder and that folder was in the folder with the application?

3. Are there "rules" as to where the application is able to "find" the dll files that it needs.

4. Is there some way to hide them so the user is not tempted to erase them or throw them away?


My next step in distributing my Windows versions is to learn about installers. But I presume that even if I had and understood installers, I would need to know where to put these dll files.



Thanks.

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