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From: Martin Bonner (Martin.Bonner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-17 09:09:43
From: Vectra17
> This code needed
> #define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
> and now works perfectly.
> Well almost perfectly, before I realised something rather strange: the
> compiler ask for a .LIB as well.
> I am sure it exectues the DLL because when I erase it, the program
> crashes(.dll not found).
> So why is the compiler still asking for a .LIB file when I specifeid
> DLL linking?
Because, under windows, you /can't/ link against a DLL. The only thing
the linker understands is a .LIB. If the code is in a DLL, you still
need a LIB to tell the linker "this symbol can be found in a DLL called
xxxx at run-time".
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