[Insight-users] DLL output

[Bill Hoffman]

There is no way to set a run time path on windows.  
The search for dll's works like this:

1. is the dll in the same directory as the executable
2. is the dll in the PATH

The /libpath is only used during the creation of the dll or exe file,
at run time the above algorithm is used.

So, you can either set the PATH, or put all the dll and exe files
in the same directory.

-Bill


At 11:23 AM 7/16/2003, Tim Rudge wrote:
>DW seems to be looking in the wrong directory despite having set the /libpaths for ITK in the project settings. It is looking in the directory where the main apps librarys are kept.
>
>Tim
>
>--On 16 July 2003 11:01 -0400 Luis Ibanez <luis . ibanez at kitware . com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hi Tim,
>>
>>Thanks for checking with the dependency walker.
>>
>>If the ITKPackage.dll library actually exists in the
>>location indicated by the DW, then, as you pointed
>>out, the problem may be related to one of the libraries
>>that ITKPackage.dll depend on.
>>
>>Please check with DW the dependencies of ITKPackage.dll
>>(simply run DW and file/open the ITKPackage.dll file).
>>
>>Check if all of the libraries are in the directories
>>indicated by DW.
>>
>>Please let us know what you find.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>   Luis
>>
>>
>>-----------------------
>>
>>Tim Rudge wrote:
>>>Luis,
>>>
>>>Thanks for your advice. The problem is when the app tries to load the
>>>library at run-time. I have run DependencyWalker and it appears that the
>>>app is looking for the file in the right place and correct name -
>>>ITKpackage.dll, not .so as the error message says. The file is
>>>definitely there but the DW log gives:
>>>
>>>LoadLibraryA("ITKpackage.dll") returned NULL. Error: The specified
>>>module could not be found (126).
>>>
>>>Perhaps this is a problem with the ITK libs that my .dll depends on?
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>
>>>Tim
>>>
>>>--On 15 July 2003 21:08 -0400 Luis Ibanez <luis . ibanez at kitware . com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Tim,
>>>>
>>>>Are you getting this error message during the start up of the
>>>>application ? or once it is executing ? or during the linking
>>>>process ?
>>>>
>>>>It is quite strange that it is using the naming standard for
>>>>Unix... it looks like a problem in the CMake configuration of
>>>>your application. (e.g. maybe the name is hard coded in one
>>>>of the CMakeLists.txt files....). CMake would generate appropriate
>>>>names for shared libraries in Windows or Unix, so the only way
>>>>for this name to appear is to be hard written somewhere,... or
>>>>to make CMake think that it is generating a filename for Unix
>>>>instead of Windows.
>>>>
>>>>If the message is a run-time message, you may want try the tool
>>>>"Dependency Walker" by Steve Miller.
>>>>http://www . dependencywalker . com/
>>>>
>>>>It will show you all the libraries in which your application
>>>>depends. Simply execute the tool, and in the file/open menu
>>>>give the executable of your application.
>>>>
>>>>With this, at least you will know in what directory this library
>>>>was expected to be found.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Luis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----------------
>>>>Tim Rudge wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>This is not entirely ITK but... I am outputting DLL's from a project
>>>>>linked to ITK. I have had this working before but then I got a new CVS
>>>>>release and recompiled all using ITK.dsw. Now I get the error 'cannot
>>>>>find libITKPackage.so' from the application. But I am outputting .dll
>>>>>files (for Windows XP) so I don;t understand why the app is looking for
>>>>>.so files.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>Tim Rudge
>>>>>---------
>>>>>Cellular Development Lab
>>>>>Dept. Plant Sciences
>>>>>Cambridge University
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tim Rudge
>>>---------
>>>Cellular Development Lab
>>>Dept. Plant Sciences
>>>Cambridge University
>>
>>
>
>
>
>Tim Rudge
>---------
>Cellular Development Lab
>Dept. Plant Sciences
>Cambridge University
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