[CMake] How to link against a .dll with cmake?

[andy fillebrown]

mingw can link using a .dll


On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:00 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I know that target_link_libraries can be used to link a .lib ,
>>>
>>> but how to link a .dll into the project?
>>>
>>>
>> You do not link against a .dll in windows ever.
>>
> When you create a .dll there is also a small import lib associated
> with the dll. You link with that and when the application starts it
> searches the path for each dll it needs.
>
> John
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