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  1. May 12th, 2002, 12:26 PM #1
    Andreex
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    Angry DLL LIB problem ("cant find DLL")

    Oh boy.... I have been on this all morning and I cant figure it out what wrong....

    I wrote a MFC DLL app. A couple of simple classes. I compiled it and created the DLL and LIB files. Evrything nice....
    Then I create an app to test it. A MFC Exe. I add the LIB file to the project, include the header files for the classes that I use from the DLL and it should work... but it tells me that it cant find the DLL. It sends me 3 message boxes saying it cant find the DLL, that the program cant be executed and more blah blah!

    What else do I have to do besided what I did to use the DLL?

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  2. May 12th, 2002, 12:29 PM #2
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    May be a silly question, but is the DLL in the same folder as the .exe?
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  3. May 12th, 2002, 01:04 PM #3
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    hehe... ooppss.... the question isnt that silly since I didnt know they have to be in the same folder....

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  4. May 12th, 2002, 01:18 PM #4
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    They don't have to be in the same folder, they just have to be somewhere on Windows's DLL loader search path (which includes things like %WINDOWS%, %WINDOWS%\system[32], the local directory, etc.).
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  6. May 12th, 2002, 02:44 PM #5
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    nice tip... thank you
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