[Gdal-dev] Deploying with GDAL in Windows

[Mateusz Loskot]

Ivan Lucena wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Once you have everything running in your personal computer you probably
> don't need to worry about DLL versions, paths or versions. But does
> anybody has a suggestion of how should we place the DLL in clients
> machine?
> 
> #1 - MSVC71, MSVCP71.DLL:
> 
> I placed GDAL13.DLL in the same folder as the application executable,
> but when I run it Windows asked me form MSVC71.DLL and MSVCP71.DLL. Is
> there a FLAG in the nmake.opt to build with static MSVC libraries?


Ivan,
Common approach is to distribute those DLLs with the package and keep
them in the same directory as executable or DLL linking with them.

Flags? I don't know any.


> #2 - GDAL13.DLL:
>  
> If I put the GDAL3.Dll in the same folder as the application, it should
> be all right. Adding the folder to the Windows path could make others
> GDAL application to failure, because I am not using this or that library
> or driver. I remember someone suggesting naming it GDAL13_d.DLL to avoid
> conflict.
> 
> Any ideas?

Introducing some naming convention seems to be good idea.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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